Meaning in the sources
Source-reportedMeaning: “Yahweh builds up”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
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- Wikipedia: BenaiahCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“Yahweh builds up”
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01 / Meaning & origin
בניה is recorded in Israel CBS — current first names of persons born 1949-2024, population group: Jews (יהודים) (release 391/2025, table 1) (1949–2024), with published male and female counts; no dictionary entry is in our sources yet. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “Yahweh builds up”.
Meaning: “Yahweh builds up”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
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Israel CBS — current first names of persons born 1949-2024, population group: Jews (יהודים) (release 391/2025, table 1), 2024: 436 male (rank 39).
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03 / By the numbers
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1949–2024 Spelling: בניה
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Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel · Israel CBS — current first names of persons born 1949-2024, population group: Jews (יהודים) (release 391/2025, table 1)
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed). Thousands separators in the total column are removed when parsing.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1952 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1955 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1956 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1957 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1963 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1970 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1971 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1972 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1973 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1974 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1975 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1976 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1977 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1979 | 6 | 471 | observed |
| 1980 | 5 | 533 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1983 | 5 | 547 | observed |
| 1984 | 9 | 396 | observed |
| 1985 | 5 | 538 | observed |
| 1986 | 10 | 404 | observed |
| 1987 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1988 | 15 | 331 | observed |
| 1989 | 13 | 365 | observed |
| 1990 | 14 | 351 | observed |
| 1991 | 11 | 375 | observed |
| 1992 | 15 | 328 | observed |
| 1993 | 15 | 330 | observed |
| 1994 | 18 | 306 | observed |
| 1995 | 21 | 291 | observed |
| 1996 | 17 | 311 | observed |
| 1997 | 29 | 235 | observed |
| 1998 | 33 | 229 | observed |
| 1999 | 22 | 271 | observed |
| 2000 | 30 | 235 | observed |
| 2001 | 40 | 204 | observed |
| 2002 | 34 | 224 | observed |
| 2003 | 35 | 234 | observed |
| 2004 | 49 | 206 | observed |
| 2005 | 38 | 217 | observed |
| 2006 | 64 | 176 | observed |
| 2007 | 74 | 168 | observed |
| 2008 | 104 | 134 | observed |
| 2009 | 99 | 144 | observed |
| 2010 | 112 | 135 | observed |
| 2011 | 104 | 142 | observed |
| 2012 | 96 | 153 | observed |
| 2013 | 108 | 140 | observed |
| 2014 | 145 | 123 | observed |
| 2015 | 267 | 67 | observed |
| 2016 | 322 | 58 | observed |
| 2017 | 336 | 56 | observed |
| 2018 | 328 | 57 | observed |
| 2019 | 527 | 34 | observed |
| 2020 | 481 | 38 | observed |
| 2021 | 511 | 34 | observed |
| 2022 | 451 | 41 | observed |
| 2023 | 431 | 41 | observed |
| 2024 | 436 | 39 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “בניה” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
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06 / Behind the facts
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Israel CBS — current first names of persons born 1949-2024, population group: Jews (יהודים) (release 391/2025, table 1)
Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה) · CBS-Open-License (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics Open License; commercial use permitted) · retrieved 2026-10-15
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