Benny

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer, Benansio/Benancio or Bernard.

From Wikipedia

Benny first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 58 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1985 with 67 babies (rank #226 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Benny

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Benny yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

921
Total babies (all years)
58
Years in the data
67
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19558#513
195611#465
195718#372
19586#596
195914#453
196010#528
19619#549
196211#516
196310#542
196411#533
196513#513
19669#587
196716#475
196814#497
196913#541
197016#507
19725#786
19738#649
19749#626
19756#712
197614#505
197723#390
197816#486
197931#349
198038#321
198147#281
198250#271
198351#260
198444#296
198567#226
198639#337
198740#344
198833#395
198928#451
199024#498
199118#573
199222#523
199321#529
199416#605
19958#782
19965#933
19978#807
19987#854
19996#905
20006#920
20014#1,060
20026#921
20036#914
20046#904
20056#900
20062#1,250
20072#1,242
20082#1,220
20092#1,197
20102#1,171
20121#1,201
20131#1,257
20152#52