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Benji

Benji ranks #206 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 10 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #20 among boy dog names.
Benji's popularity trend

Benji's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2013.

0.02%0.04%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
10
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#206
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−23
2014 → 2019
Gender split
92% male
8% female92% male

Gender split comes from 38 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Benji mean?
2 syllables

Benji is a nickname for Benjamin, a name from the Hebrew Binyamin, meaning son of the right hand -- an idiom for good fortune, and sometimes read as son of the south, since south lay to the right when facing the rising sun in the biblical world.

Benji has a soft, approachable sound, a name that fits a small, devoted companion who's always at your side.

Where Benji shows up

Cats named Benji per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US0.02%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%

Cat names like Benji

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