Name meaning & stats
Benji
Benji means “son of the right hand” (Hebrew origin). 2,348 US babies since 1940, peak 1975.
What it means
“son of the right hand”
HebrewPet form of Benjamin
In US birth records
Peak year: 1975
2,348 US babies were named Benji between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Benji (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 65% of the family
- Benji 65%
- Benjie 26%
- Benjy 10%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1975)