Benjie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the male given name Benjamin
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bɛndʒi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Benjie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 152Kas Benji
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 15K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Benjie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 280 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈58,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Benji in US United States, AT Austria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the male given name Benjamin.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Benjie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #321 | ≈58,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | 55K | Benjie | 98 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Benjie | 6 |
| CN China | — | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Benjie | 13 |
| US United States | — | 2,191as Benji | 1 in 152K | 2K | Benji | 280 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 50K | 345 | Benjie | 33 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 2 | Benji | 13 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Benjie | 10 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Benjie E. Wimberlyb. 1964USAmerican politician
- Benjie ChenUSPh.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2004
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 708 | #14,563 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 100 | #14,563 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1962 | 50 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 48 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1961 | 48 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1960 | 46 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1963 | 41 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1959 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1956 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 32 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Benjie mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the male given name Benjamin. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Benjie?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛndʒi/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Benjie a male or female name?
- Benjie is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Benjie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 58 thousand people named Benjie in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benjie.
- How common is the name Benjie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,191 people named Benji in 2020, about 1 in 152 thousand residents.
- How common is Benjie compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Benjie is the 321st most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Benjie?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/benjieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benjie” — the 321st most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.