Given name
Binah
“having intelligence and understanding”
Binah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “having intelligence and understanding.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “having intelligence and understanding.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Binah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 0 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,471 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,471 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2014.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Binah’s family of names
Binah has a related form in Bina. Binah has a related form in Bina. Binah has a related form in Byna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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