Bennie

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A few things about Bennie you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Bennie

Bennie Muller

Dutch footballer (1938–2024)

Choose Bennie and your child shares a first name with Bennie Muller, a Dutch footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Bennie, like who?” Bennie Muller's Wikipedia article is available in 20 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 26,316 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Bennie, 61 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Bennie would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryBennie has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Bennies, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1929, when it ranked #415. Today it's #2,778, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🚀TrendBennie has climbed 4,434 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #2,778. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedBennie is most popular in Utah, where it ranks #704. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.
• ⚖️Boy or girlBennie is given to both boys and girls: 54% of the 114 babies named Bennie in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningBennie is an English form of Benjamin, which means “son of the right hand”.

About the name Bennie

Bennie is a girl name of Latin origin meaning “son of the right hand”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with B and ending in “-nie”. US birth records list Bennie for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 125 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1929, when it ranked #415 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,778, with 61 babies.

Origin:Latin names