Name meaning & stats
Benny
Benny means “son of the right hand” (Hebrew origin). 36,155 US babies since 1940, peak 1948.
What it means
“son of the right hand”
HebrewShort form of Benjamin
In US birth records
Peak year: 1948
36,155 US babies were named Benny between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Benny (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: 54% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1948)