Benton

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · #1,621 for boys in 2025, 104 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#412
1883 · 18 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,415
since 1880

Benton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benton has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #412, 1883boys
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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—#1,621104
2024—#1,303150
2023—#1,315145
2022—#1,254155
2021—#1,225157
2020—#1,124175
2019—#1,076187
2018#13,7936#1,005206
2017—#910234
2016—#820278
2015—#873254
2014—#947223
2013—#917225
2012—#877240
2011—#937212
2010—#1,127165
2009—#1,497111
2008—#1,482110
2007—#1,272138
2006—#1,417110
2005—#1,431103
2004—#1,384103
2003—#1,36499
2002—#1,40693
2001—#1,298101
2000—#1,196113
1999—#1,149114
1998—#1,146109
1997—#1,19899
1996—#1,127105
1995—#1,090108
1994—#1,21190
1993—#1,37970
1992—#1,19787
1991—#1,20285
1990—#1,18185
1989—#1,16283
1988—#1,09982
1987—#1,02386
1986—#1,05478
1985—#1,04378
1984—#1,11066
1983—#1,07568
1982—#1,19360
1981—#1,17761
1980—#1,23855
1979—#1,15461
1978—#1,41043
1977—#1,31247
1976—#1,06761
1975—#1,25846
1974—#1,26944
1973—#1,40036
1972—#1,13751
1971—#1,00765
1970—#1,03162
1969—#1,12448
1968—#98656
1967—#95557
1966—#93860
1965—#1,06448
1964—#97361
1963—#89969
1962—#90770
1961—#1,02858
1960—#95163
1959—#95065
1958—#89271
1957—#91369
1956—#1,07150
1955—#92165
1954—#95260
1953—#1,03349
1952—#96854
1951—#96353
1950—#90457
1949—#86663
1948—#90258
1947—#88961
1946—#82663
1945—#79161
1944—#74170
1943—#84661
1942—#77070
1941—#79862
1940—#81858
1939—#78460
1938—#83455
1937—#80758
1936—#74765
1935—#80359
1934—#86952
1933—#82456
1932—#84157
1931—#79462
1930—#71077
1929—#75271
1928—#72278
1927—#73379
1926—#67887
1925—#80967
1924—#79771
1923—#73778
1922—#74279
1921—#84966
1920—#65394
1919—#74774
1918—#73376
1917—#68777
1916—#67777
1915—#76761
1914—#66758
1913—#75938
1912—#66840
1911—#64423
1910—#70718
1909—#75614
1908—#68515
1907—#86610
1906—#1,2535
1905—#66613
1904—#8748
1903—#9107
1902—#74410
1901—#50615
1900—#69913
1899—#9286
1898—#1,1215
1897—#9426
1896—#46219
1895—#64011
1894——
1893—#9076
1892—#7489
1891—#9635
1890—#51114
1889—#52513
1888—#7049
1887—#42016
1886—#6479
1885—#60410
1884—#43318
1883—#41218
1882—#57611
1881—#53311
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Benton was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Benton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 318 spots since 2024 (#1,303 → #1,621)
  • 497 spots since 2020 (#1,124 → #1,621)
  • 748 spots since 2015 (#873 → #1,621)
  • Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #866)
  • Biggest drop: 587 spots in 1906 (#666 → #1,253)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #412 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1907–1952
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,813
  • Highest: 1 in 5,813 boys born in 1883 were named Benton (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,424 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 21.4% of all boys named Benton (2,224) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s125#412 (1883)#545
1890s81#462 (1896)#802
1900s110#506 (1901)#796
1910s542#644 (1911)#706
1920s770#653 (1920)#747
1930s601#710 (1930)#801
1940s627#741 (1944)#825
1950s593#892 (1958)#957
1960s590#899 (1963)#983
1970s516#1,007 (1971)#1,205
1980s717#1,023 (1987)#1,117
1990s952#1,090 (1995)#1,188
2000s1,081#1,196 (2000)#1,375
2010s2,224#820 (2016)#949
2020s886#1,124 (2020)#1,307

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.

Benton in 1969

boys
#1,124
48 births · 1 in 37,254 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #1,124Benton48
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 37,254 of them was named Benton, which outranked 77.7% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benton
  1. #1,110Raynard49
  2. #1,110Renato49
  3. #1,110Rodd49
  4. #1,124Benton48
  5. #1,124Bartley48
  6. #1,124Caesar48
  7. #1,124Connie48
  8. #1,136Christoper47
  9. #1,136Davey47
  10. #1,136Haywood47

Tied with 11 names at #1,124; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →