Benny
- Pronunciation
- [Be-nny]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Abbreviation Of Benjamin And Benedict.
- Origin
- English
Benny Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 48,202 baby boys have been named Benny. The name peaked in 1948 with 1,065 US births that year (rank #189). In 2024, ranked #890 nationally — 701 places below its 1948 peak.
Top States for Benny
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Benny births are: Texas (6,080), California (4,637), New York (2,948).
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5-Letter Names Starting with B
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Quick Facts About Benny
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Benny by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 293 boys named Benny (boy rank #841 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Benny Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Benny the strongest states are Utah, California, Arizona.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | #532 | 42 |
| 2 | California | #668 | 386 |
| 3 | Arizona | #686 | 77 |
| 4 | Colorado | #798 | 16 |
| 5 | Washington | #808 | 30 |
| 6 | New York | #858 | 46 |
| 7 | Texas | #862 | 113 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #920 | 18 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #920 | 18 |
| 2 | Texas | #862 | 113 |
| 3 | New York | #858 | 46 |
| 4 | Washington | #808 | 30 |
| 5 | Colorado | #798 | 16 |
| 6 | Arizona | #686 | 77 |
| 7 | California | #668 | 386 |
| 8 | Utah | #532 | 42 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Benny in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Famous People Named Benny
3 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Benny.
- Benny Goodman was the first celebrated doyen of the “Swing Era”.
- Benny Hill — Comedian (1924)
- Benny Hinn — Religious Leader (1952)
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Compare Benny to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Benny against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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