Male name

Benny

632 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2025. Expression number: 6.

Origin

Clipping of Benjamin +‎ -y.

From Wiktionary, entry “Benny”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

690200020102020

Peak in 2025: 69 births. 632 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2013. It is still given: 245 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

1,065018801900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys

Peak in 1948: 1,074 births. 49,144 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1920s to the 1960s. It really came into use around 1900. It is still given: 1,266 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

In Ireland

130198020002020

Peak in 2023: 13 births. 69 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is still given: 47 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

B2E5N5N5Y7

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

6

responsibility, harmony, commitment to others

2 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 7 = 24 → 6

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

3

expression, creativity, sociability

5 + 7 = 12 → 3

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

3

expression, creativity, sociability

2 + 5 + 5 = 12 → 3

Digits missing from the name
1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9
Most frequent digit
5 · freedom, change, movement
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.