Benji

Where Benji comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Benji.

  • Vowel-ended
Benji through the years
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #3,095 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Peak, #622
    168 babies named Benji, the most in any year.
  3. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #937.
  4. 1984
    Benji Schwimmer born
    American dancer and choreographer
  5. 1985
    Benji Marshall born
    New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Benjamin.
Namesakes
  • Benji Schwimmer · American dancer and choreographer, born 1984
  • Benji Marshall · New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer, born 1985
  • Benji Webbe · Welsh singer, born 1967
  • Benji Kikanovic · American soccer player, born 2000
  • Benji Okubo · american-Japanese painter, teacher and landscape designer, 1904–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.