Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Beny isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 43 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,286 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,286 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 321 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beny’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Beny, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Bentley
“from the meadow of bent grass”
95% boys · 5% girls
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“a peaceful ruler” · “ever the ruler”
>99% boys
Andy
“manly; a warrior” · “manliness”
96% boys · 4% girls
Ty
“from Owen's land” · “tiler of roofs”
99% boys · 1% girls
Brady
“a large-chested woman” · “the son of a large-chested man”
96% boys · 4% girls
Edgar
“a powerful and wealthy spearman”
>99% boys
Emanuel
“God is with us”
>99% boys
Leland
“from the meadow land”
98% boys · 2% girls