Beni
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Beni
Beni is a great example of the "traveling lite" style of baby names, fitting into multiple cultures and crossing genders. Beni can be a short form of Spanish names such as Benita and Benicia, or a Japanese color name. It can also be a way to honor a Ben or Benjamin, if you don't want to use the "grandpa name on a girl" spelling Bennie. In 2025, country singer Lauren Alaina named her daughter Beni Doll.
Beni for boys#4877 US
A streamlined short form of Hebrew Benjamin or the Spanish nickname for Benito and Benigno, this spelling offers a lighter alternative to Bennie or Benny. A multicultural, unisex option, it is also a Japanese name, meaning "crimson, red". It was chosen for just 10 boys and 7 girls in the US in 2024, though this may rise after country singer Lauren Alaina chose it for her baby in 2025.
Pronounced BEN-ee.
As of October 2026, Beni ranked #7957 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6022 in 1956.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,877 | 20 | 11.7 |
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