Benaiah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Benaiah: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #1,758, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1758highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2006	#2870
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2009	#3227
2011	#2892
2012	#2270
2013	#2055
2014	#3895
2015	#3373
2016	#2556
2017	#2324
2018	#2112
2019	#2728
2020	#2404
2021	#3017
2022	#2018
2023	#1906
2024	#1758

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Benaiah 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 Benaiah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	16	4 of 10	4
2010s	68	9 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	51	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Benaiah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1758 in England and Wales in 2024.

Benaiah'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,758, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,758position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

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

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Luay · #1758, 18y
Param · #1758, 22y
Zoravar · #1758, 14y
Dayyan · #1756, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Emad · #1758, 28y
Param · #1758, 22y
Riad · #1756, 23y
Afifa · #1755, 28y

Benaiah 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 Benaiah without appearing here.

Benaiah moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4991.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4789.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.

Moved ahead of Benaiah

Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2055 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1935.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2055 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #2079.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #2104.

Moved the same way as Benaiah

Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benaiah went from #4333 to #1758 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1758 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Benaiah

Benaiah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benaiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Benaiah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Benaiah and the names beside it

Benaiah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Benaiah

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Benaiah at a glance

Benaiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Benaiah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Benaiah and the names beside it

Benaiah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Benaiah

Moved the same way as Benaiah