Benyamin
Masculine · “son of the right hand”
Benyamin is the Hebrew form of Benjamin, and the name is a small piece of geography as well as a blessing: the son of the right hand, which in the biblical world also meant the south.
How old is the name Benyamin?
Benyamin first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Benyamin is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Benyamin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Benyamin most popular?
Benyamin peaked in 2023, reaching #2805 nationally. Today it ranks #3379, 574 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Binyamin to Benyamin
The story of Benyamin
Benjamin is the youngest of Jacob's sons and the only one born in Canaan, and the tribe named for him held the territory around Jerusalem. The name passed into Greek and Latin unchanged and into every European language after. Benyamin is the transliteration used by Hebrew, Persian and Turkish speakers, and it reaches American records with Israeli, Iranian and Turkish families as well as with families who prefer the Hebrew form.
Meaning
son of the right hand
From Hebrew ben, a son, and yamin, the right hand; Genesis has Rachel name the child Ben-Oni, son of my sorrow, as she dies, and Jacob rename him Benjamin. The right hand meant strength and favor.
How the name formed
- Binyamin
- Benjamin
- Benyamin
Related forms: Binyamin · Benjamin · Binyamin · Bünyamin
Pronouncing Benyamin
ben-yah-MEEN
Three syllables with the stress at the end in Hebrew. English speakers usually say BEN-yuh-min.
Nicknames for Benyamin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 202345 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2805reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +3.0%34 in 2025, from 33
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Benyamin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Binyamin in Hebrew — same name
- Benjamin in English — same name
- Binyamin in Arabic — same name
- Bünyamin in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York.
Benyamins among us
people named Benyamin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 50,238 born in 2025 was named Benyamin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Eion test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Benyamin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Eion climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Eion's path sketches the road Benyamin is walking now.
Benyamin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Benyamin is headed
Benyamin should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Benyamin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Benyamin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a documented record measured in thousands of years.
- Ben is available immediately as an entirely ordinary short form.
- Benjamin is universally recognized, so the name is never unfamiliar.
- Benjamin is the standard English spelling and will be written for him constantly.
- The stress falls at the end in Hebrew and at the front in English.
- Binyamin, Benyamin and Bünyamin are all the same name in different traditions.
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Frequently asked
- How many Benyamins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Benyamin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Benyamin in 2025?
- Benyamin ranks #3379 among US boy names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Benyamin?
- About 1 in every 50,238 US boys born in 2025 was named Benyamin — 34 in all.
- Will my child share the name Benyamin with classmates?
- Benyamin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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