Binyomin
Masculine · “son of the right hand”
Binyomin is the Yiddish of Benjamin — son of the right hand — and his mother named him son of my sorrow with her last breath, before Jacob changed it.
How old is the name Binyomin?
Binyomin first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Binyomin alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,300 people named Binyomin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Binyomin most popular?
Binyomin peaked in 2024, reaching #2042 nationally. Today it ranks #2167, 125 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Binyamin to Binyomin
The story of Binyomin
Rachel dies in childbirth and names the boy son of my sorrow; Jacob will not let it stand and calls him son of the right hand instead — one of the few renamings in Genesis and among the most pointed. Binyomin is the Ashkenazi pronunciation, standard in Orthodox communities, and is in current American use.
Meaning
son of the right hand
From the Hebrew Binyamin — ben, 'son', and yamin, 'right hand' or 'south'. Genesis has Rachel name him Ben-Oni, 'son of my sorrow', as she dies, and Jacob rename him immediately. The right hand is the side of strength and favor. The Hebrew is documented.
How the name formed
- Binyamin
- Binyomin
Related forms: בנימין · Benjamin · Binyomin
Pronouncing Binyomin
bin-YOH-min
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Israeli Hebrew says bin-ya-MEEN.
Nicknames for Binyomin
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
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 202474 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2042reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −10.8%66 in 2025, from 74
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.
Binyomin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- בנימין in Hebrew — transliteration
- Benjamin in English — related form
- Binyomin in Yiddish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New Jersey, New York.
Binyomins among us
people named Binyomin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 25,880 born in 2025 was named Binyomin
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 Renny test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Binyomin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Renny climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Renny's path sketches the road Binyomin is walking now.
Binyomin 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 Binyomin is headed
Binyomin looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 18% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium 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.
Binyomin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Binyomin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Jacob overrides Rachel's dying name for the child is a first-rate scene.
- The right-hand meaning is transparent and strong.
- Benny is available as a warm English short form.
- Benjamin is what English speakers will assume.
- It reads as specifically Orthodox Ashkenazi.
- Israeli and Ashkenazi pronunciations differ.
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Frequently asked
- How many Binyomins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Binyomin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Binyomin in 2025?
- Binyomin ranks #2167 among US boy names in 2025, with 66 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Binyomin?
- About 1 in every 25,880 US boys born in 2025 was named Binyomin — 66 in all.
- Will my child share the name Binyomin with classmates?
- Binyomin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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