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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

BenjaminIn Hebrew: בנג׳מין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Benjamin (Hebrew: בנג׳מין) is a boy's name of international origin. 235 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 2014, with 14 babies.

People in Israel
235
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
2014
14 babies
USA, 2025
9,762
rank #11

Writing and saying Benjamin

In Hebrew letters the name is בנג׳מין, read right to left. Benjamin is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Benjamin by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Benjamin: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Benjamin in English-speaking countries

Benjamin in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20259,762#111989 (15,733)
United Kingdom2025887#632004 (5,394)
England and Wales2025808#612004 (5,144)
Scotland202542#1202004 (164)
Northern Ireland202537#612002 (113)
Ireland202571#862007 (145)
British Columbia2023111#112016 (223)
Alberta2025123#132016 (252)
Quebec2025282#212010 (491)
New South Wales2025149#461981 (1,082)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Benjamin has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Benjamin

How do you write Benjamin in Hebrew?

Benjamin is written בנג׳מין in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Benjamin?

235 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name בנג׳מין: 0 women and 235 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Benjamin a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named בנג׳מין are men.

Is Benjamin used outside Israel?

The name Benjamin appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 9,762 boys were given it in 2025 (#11), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 887 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.