Benjamin
In 2025 Benjamin comes in at #11 nationally, and it is easing off its peak. First recorded 1880, best year 1989, 826,830 bearers across the whole run.
What Benjamin carries
Benjamin · Hebrew
“son of the right hand”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Benjamin’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Benjamin, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Benjamin since 1880
Benjamin peaked in 1989 at #29; #11 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Benjamin is most common
Benjamin is most common in Rhode Island: 1.44% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Vermont (1.24%) and Alaska (1.23%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Benjamin
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Abigail
#41 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jonathan
#89 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathaniel
#140 in 2025 · Hebrew
Elizabeth
#17 in 2025 · Hebrew
Samuel
#18 in 2025 · Hebrew
Zachary
#216 in 2025 · Hebrew
Daniel
#22 in 2025 · Hebrew
Matthew
#32 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Benjamin
How popular is the name Benjamin?
In 2025 Benjamin comes in at #11 nationally, and it is easing off its peak. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Benjamin mean?
“son of the right hand” is the meaning our source sets down, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Benjamin?
The recipe puts Abigail first, then Nathaniel, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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