Benjamen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Benjamen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Benjamen: Recorded since 1996, it reached #698 in 2008, and it was last ranked in 2012.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#698highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2012

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1257
1998	#1821
1999	#1281
2000	#1889
2001	#3134
2002	#3225
2003	#1771
2004	#1878
2005	#3849
2006	#4052
2007	#3095
2010	#3865
2012	#4805

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 17 years from 1996 to 2012.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2012 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #4805 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012.
England and Wales · Boys

Benjamen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Benjamen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	39	8 of 10	5
2010s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Benjamen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Benjamen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2012, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #698, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Benjamin · #3, 65y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Artiom · #698, 16y
Brajan · #698, 12y
Collin · #698, 14y
Deegan · #698, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amr · #698, 29y
Collin · #698, 14y
Fareed · #698, 27y
Kyal · #698, 15y

Benjamen was ranked #698 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Benjamen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Benjamen without appearing here.

Benjamen moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #3589.

Moved ahead of Benjamen

Hans Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #2070 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1377.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1851.
Marius Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1889 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1286.
Henrik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2174.

Moved the opposite way to Benjamen

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Boys, Benjamen went from #1458 to #4805 while Albie went from #853 to #188.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Boys, Benjamen went from #1458 to #4805 while Alfie went from #119 to #7.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Boys, Benjamen went from #1458 to #4805 while Archie went from #192 to #23.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Boys, Benjamen went from #1458 to #4805 while Arthur went from #234 to #52.

Moved the same way as Benjamen

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Boys, Benjamen went from #1458 to #4805 and Aaron from #33 to #69.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Boys, Benjamen went from #1458 to #4805 and Adam from #16 to #39.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Boys, Benjamen went from #1458 to #4805 and Alex from #43 to #65.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Boys, Benjamen went from #1458 to #4805 and Alexander from #14 to #27.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Benjamen

Benjamen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benjamen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Benjamen at a glance

Benjamen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Benjamen moved ahead of

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