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Benjamin
Pronounced /ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn/
Rank in 2024
#11
Born in 2024
9,814
Peak year
1989 · #29
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:6 in 2024 (#14,980)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 9,814 boys were named Benjamin, about 1 in every 175.
- It peaked in 1989 with 15,733 babies, ranked #29.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 816,962 boys have been named Benjamin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Benjamin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.3Greatest1901–27
- 1.3Silent1928–45
- 1.2Boomers1946–64
- 4.0Gen X1965–80
- 7.3Millennials1981–96
- 6.9Gen Z1997–12
- 7.0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 38,397 babies, 2.30 per 1,000. Silent: 27,732 babies, 1.34 per 1,000. Boomers: 43,392 babies, 1.16 per 1,000. Gen X: 108,579 babies, 3.99 per 1,000. Millennials: 221,703 babies, 7.28 per 1,000. Gen Z: 215,642 babies, 6.87 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 151,200 babies, 6.96 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Late Latin Benjamin, from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín), from Biblical Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyamīn, literally “son of the right/south or son of days”). Authorities differ on the meaning of the original Hebrew. Philo of Alexandria, the Samaritan Pentateuch The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs and Midrash Leḳaḥ-Ṭob understand יָמִין to mean "days" (a meaning attested in Daniel 12:13) understanding the name to mean "son of days (i.e.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Benjamin, CC BY-SA 4.0.