Benny
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Benny
With Scottie, Stevie, Billie, and Frankie all on trend for girls, Benny could be another unisex nickname that catches on in the coming years. Influencer Jaci Marie Smith named her baby Benny Marie in 2024 and author Charmaine Wilkerson used the name on a female character in her popular novel Black Cake, as a nickname for Bernadetta. Beyond pop culture, 9 baby girls were called Benny in recent years.
Benny for boys#841 US
Benny is a diminutive form of Benjamin, which comes from Hebrew and means "son of the right hand" or "son of the south." Benny can also serve as a nickname for other names like Benedict, Bennett, or Bentley. Throughout the 20th century, Benny gained recognition through notable figures like music producer Benny Blanco and bandleader Benny Goodman and comedian Benny Hill. The name has a friendly, approachable quality that grows up nicely into Ben.
Pronounced BEN-ee.
As of October 2026, Benny ranked #4371 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1850 in 1937.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,273 | 140 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,438 | 118 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,422 | 122 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,359 | 131 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,244 | 148 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,189 | 161 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,149 | 169 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,014 | 216 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,045 | 211 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,044 | 209 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #890 | 265 |
| 2025 | #4,371 | 32 | #841 | 293 |
World rankings
Benny for boys
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Famous Bennys
- Benny AnderssonBoy
Swedish musician (ABBA)
- Benny HillBoy
English actor/comedian
- Benny GolsonBoy
American jazz saxophonist
- Benny MorrisBoy
Israeli historian
- Benny DayalBoy
Indian singer
- Benny Blanco (born Benjamin Levin)Boy
American rapper and songwriter
- Benny FineBoy
online producer as part of "The Fine Brothers" along with brother Rafi
- Bennett Lester "Benny" CarterBoy
American jazz musician
- Benjamin David "Benny" GoodmanBoy
American bandleader
- Benjamin Stewart "Benny" ParsonsBoy
American NASCAR driver
- Brendan "Benny" LewisBoy
Irish polyglot/entrepreneur/blogger
- Marco "Benny" BenassiBoy
Italian DJ
- Jack BennyBoy
American comedian and vaudevillian; radio, television, and film actor; and musician
Benny in pop culture
- BennyBoth
character from the film "The Lego Movie"
- "Benny and JoonBoy
" 1993 film
- Benny WeirBoy
main character from "My Babysitter's a Vampire"
- BennyBoy
a character from the video game "Fallout: New Vegas"
- BennyBoy
character in Erin Hunter's "Warriors" book series
- BennyBoy
character in musical, "In the Heights"
- BennyBoy
character in 2014 film, "Benny & Jolene"
- BennyBoy
character from the video game "Fire Emblem Fates"
- Benny the Balloon AnimalBoy
character who speaks to Garfield the cat in the Garfield strip for Tuesday October 15, 2019 , see www.Garfield.com