Benjie
Benjie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Benjie Paras, Filipino actor, comedian, basketball player, and coach Benjie E. Wimberly, American teacher and politician
Meaning & Origin of Benjie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Benjie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Benjie Paras, Filipino actor, comedian, basketball player, and coach Benjie E. Wimberly, American teacher and politician
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The Story of Benjie
American parents first put Benjie on the record books as a baby boy name in 1935, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 50 Benjies were born — ranking #1,082 that year. About 33% of every Benjie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Benjie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 917 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Benjie
Benjie is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1935 and has accumulated 917 births in the dataset. Benjie's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #1,082. Use the chart and map above to compare Benjie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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