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Benny

Benny ranks #61 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 24 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #49 among boy dog names.
Benny's popularity trend

Benny's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2015.

0.025%0.05%0.075%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
24
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#61
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+80
2014 → 2019
Gender split
93% male
7% female93% male

Gender split comes from 74 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Benny mean?
/ˈbɛni/2 syllables

Benny is a classic nickname for Benjamin, a Hebrew name meaning “son of the right hand,” traditionally understood as a place of honor and favor. The name appears throughout the Hebrew Bible as the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons.

Benny has a cheerful, approachable bounce to it, suited to a pet with an easy, sociable temperament, a name that's fun to call and hard to say without smiling a little.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Benny shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.08%
SeattleWA, US0.06%

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