Benson

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #279 for boys in 2025, 1,214 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#279
2025 · 1,214 births
Debut · boys
1887
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,312
since 1887

Benson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benson has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#2791,214
2024#11,1228#436729
2023—#617454
2022—#645428
2021#13,4646#582479
2020—#552514
2019—#507566
2018—#468621
2017—#475625
2016—#428729
2015#16,4195#472631
2014—#525528
2013—#574447
2012—#590433
2011—#724314
2010—#823260
2009—#1,014193
2008—#1,089171
2007—#1,070174
2006—#1,097160
2005—#1,191134
2004—#1,190130
2003—#1,341102
2002—#1,305102
2001—#1,57276
2000—#1,56476
1999—#1,62466
1998—#1,70060
1997—#1,85950
1996—#1,53365
1995—#1,55960
1994—#1,37372
1993—#1,34072
1992—#1,45263
1991—#1,50258
1990—#1,25977
1989—#1,45257
1988—#1,35558
1987—#1,73438
1986—#1,22761
1985—#1,24259
1984—#1,28052
1983—#1,36147
1982—#1,27853
1981—#1,25953
1980—#1,15462
1979—#1,00179
1978—#1,14959
1977—#1,07165
1976—#1,50236
1975—#1,37840
1974—#1,31142
1973—#1,14751
1972—#1,21046
1971—#1,28942
1970—#1,17849
1969—#95964
1968—#1,10046
1967—#1,03050
1966—#1,19439
1965—#1,40530
1964—#1,17243
1963—#1,12147
1962—#1,18743
1961—#1,17945
1960—#1,61925
1959—#1,24739
1958—#1,13146
1957—#98160
1956—#1,09248
1955—#1,19839
1954—#1,04551
1953—#1,07446
1952—#1,01350
1951—#1,11042
1950—#1,13939
1949—#1,02946
1948—#96352
1947—#1,09344
1946—#1,15736
1945—#1,12234
1944—#1,08537
1943—#1,10638
1942—#1,00744
1941—#1,12934
1940—#1,39723
1939—#1,39023
1938—#1,19930
1937—#1,05637
1936—#1,22529
1935—#1,24729
1934—#1,24129
1933—#1,70717
1932—#1,32427
1931—#1,07839
1930—#1,29930
1929—#1,05542
1928—#1,21135
1927—#1,22735
1926—#1,21935
1925—#1,02245
1924—#1,09343
1923—#1,19436
1922—#1,07243
1921—#1,14039
1920—#1,07343
1919—#1,35128
1918—#1,25631
1917—#93447
1916—#73468
1915—#1,01539
1914—#1,18824
1913—#1,36515
1912—#1,00021
1911—#1,3877
1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,1557
1908—#9469
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1905—#1,2335
1904—#9667
1903—#1,0096
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1898—#1,1215
1897—#1,0575
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1895—#9786
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1892—#9566
1891——
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1889—#6739
1888—#1,0315
1887—#6319
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five boys were named Benson! It came in at #631, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Benson
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 157 spots since 2024 (#436 → #279)
  • 273 spots since 2020 (#552 → #279)
  • 193 spots since 2015 (#472 → #279)
  • Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #1,000)
  • Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1888 (#631 → #1,031)
Rise & fade · boys
138 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 2025 at #279 (1,214 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,407
  • Highest: 1 in 1,407 boys born in 2025 were named Benson (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.0% of all boys named Benson (5,154) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#631 (1887)#778
1890s22#956 (1892)#1,028
1900s34#946 (1908)#1,062
1910s285#734 (1916)#1,182
1920s396#1,022 (1925)#1,131
1930s290#1,056 (1937)#1,277
1940s388#963 (1948)#1,109
1950s460#981 (1957)#1,103
1960s432#959 (1969)#1,197
1970s509#1,001 (1979)#1,224
1980s540#1,154 (1980)#1,334
1990s643#1,259 (1990)#1,520
2000s1,318#1,014 (2009)#1,243
2010s5,154#428 (2016)#559
2020s3,818#279 (2025)#519

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Benson in 1949

boys
#1,029
46 births · 1 in 38,564 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #1,029Benson46
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 38,564 of them was named Benson, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benson
  1. #1,013Theadore47
  2. #1,013Theodis47
  3. #1,013Wyman47
  4. #1,029Benson46
  5. #1,029Allyn46
  6. #1,029Dayton46
  7. #1,029Deane46
  8. #1,047Arther45
  9. #1,047Carlyle45
  10. #1,047Cloyd45

Tied with 17 names at #1,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949 →