Benjamin or Michael

Benjamin is the more popular boy name in Canada, #9 to #53 in 2024. Benjamin is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #61 to #85 in 2025. Benjamin is the more popular boy name in the USA, #11 to #18 in 2024.

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Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Benjamin against Michael, in that place's most recent complete year.BenjaminMichael#1#50#100#250Canada#9 → #53 ↓44England and Wales#61 → #85 ↓24USA#11 → #18 ↓7Alberta#12 → #65 ↓53British Columbia#14 → #70 ↓56Ontario#7 → #51 ↓44Quebec#26 → #116 ↓90
PlaceYear Benjamin Michael Ahead
Canada2024#9#53Benjamin
England and Wales2025#61#85Benjamin
USA2024#11#18Benjamin
Alberta2024#12#65Benjamin
British Columbia2024#14#70Benjamin
Ontario2024#7#51Benjamin
Quebec2024#26#116Benjamin

Benjamin and Michael in Canada, 2020–2024

Benjamin slipped from #4 in 2020 to #9 in 2024 in Canada. Michael slipped from #40 in 2020 to #53 in 2024 in Canada.

Benjamin and Michael ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#9 Benjamin#53 Michael20202021202220232024

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Benjamin and Michael in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Benjamin slipped from #40 in 2020 to #61 in 2025 in England and Wales. Michael slipped from #74 in 2020 to #85 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Benjamin and Michael ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#61 Benjamin#85 Michael202020212022202320242025

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Benjamin and Michael in the USA, 2020–2024

Benjamin slipped from #7 in 2020 to #11 in 2024 in the USA. Michael slipped from #12 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in the USA.

Benjamin and Michael ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#11 Benjamin#18 Michael20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Benjamin
Adam or BenjaminArthur or BenjaminAsher or BenjaminBenjamin or DanielBenjamin or ElijahBenjamin or EthanBenjamin or EzraBenjamin or HenryBenjamin or HudsonBenjamin or JackBenjamin or JacobBenjamin or JamesBenjamin or LeoBenjamin or LeviBenjamin or LiamBenjamin or LoganBenjamin or LucaBenjamin or LucasBenjamin or MateoBenjamin or MilesBenjamin or MuhammadBenjamin or NathanBenjamin or NoahBenjamin or OliverBenjamin or OwenBenjamin or SamuelBenjamin or SebastianBenjamin or TheoBenjamin or TheodoreBenjamin or ThomasBenjamin or WilliamBenjamin or WyattBenjamin or Zorawar
More head-to-heads with Michael
Asher or MichaelDaniel or MichaelElijah or MichaelEthan or MichaelEzra or MichaelHenry or MichaelJack or MichaelJames or MichaelLevi or MichaelLiam or MichaelLucas or MichaelMateo or MichaelMichael or NoahMichael or OliverMichael or SamuelMichael or SebastianMichael or TheodoreMichael or William

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.