Ben
#350 most common boys' name of all time · #771 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#350
Rank overall
#771 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
85,816
Since 2016
3,258
Peak year
1918 #128
Best rank
#43 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 1,293/yr
Ben is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 292 | 292 | #843 |
| 2024 | — | 314 | 314 | #800 |
| 2023 | — | 311 | 311 | #797 |
| 2022 | — | 330 | 330 | #765 |
| 2021 | — | 327 | 327 | #765 |
| 2020 | — | 313 | 313 | #769 |
| 2019 | — | 339 | 339 | #720 |
| 2018 | — | 351 | 351 | #691 |
| 2017 | — | 327 | 327 | #732 |
| 2016 | — | 354 | 354 | #698 |
| 2015 | — | 331 | 331 | #736 |
| 2014 | — | 336 | 336 | #717 |
| 2013 | — | 310 | 310 | #746 |
| 2012 | — | 311 | 311 | #743 |
| 2011 | — | 344 | 344 | #687 |
| 2010 | — | 337 | 337 | #692 |
| 2009 | — | 389 | 389 | #644 |
| 2008 | — | 405 | 405 | #613 |
| 2007 | — | 409 | 409 | #611 |
| 2006 | — | 455 | 455 | #551 |
| 2005 | — | 447 | 447 | #541 |
| 2004 | — | 454 | 454 | #525 |
| 2003 | — | 440 | 440 | #528 |
| 2002 | — | 408 | 408 | #542 |
| 2001 | — | 394 | 394 | #546 |
| 2000 | — | 376 | 376 | #559 |
| 1999 | — | 391 | 391 | #532 |
| 1998 | — | 353 | 353 | #559 |
| 1997 | — | 372 | 372 | #535 |
| 1996 | — | 315 | 315 | #578 |
| 1995 | — | 322 | 322 | #569 |
| 1994 | — | 292 | 292 | #613 |
| 1993 | — | 333 | 333 | #556 |
| 1992 | — | 358 | 358 | #535 |
| 1991 | — | 352 | 352 | #540 |
| 1990 | — | 367 | 367 | #515 |
| 1989 | — | 437 | 437 | #450 |
| 1988 | — | 430 | 430 | #435 |
| 1987 | — | 426 | 426 | #424 |
| 1986 | — | 431 | 431 | #411 |
| 1985 | — | 428 | 428 | #411 |
| 1984 | — | 444 | 444 | #386 |
| 1983 | — | 431 | 431 | #386 |
| 1982 | 7 | 436 | 443 | #387 |
| 1981 | 7 | 522 | 529 | #344 |
| 1980 | 5 | 518 | 523 | #349 |
| 1979 | 8 | 549 | 557 | #333 |
| 1978 | 5 | 572 | 577 | #311 |
| 1977 | — | 626 | 626 | #307 |
| 1976 | — | 590 | 590 | #303 |
| 1975 | 5 | 603 | 608 | #307 |
| 1974 | — | 541 | 541 | #326 |
| 1973 | 5 | 535 | 540 | #324 |
| 1972 | 6 | 591 | 597 | #309 |
| 1971 | — | 578 | 578 | #322 |
| 1970 | — | 620 | 620 | #316 |
| 1969 | — | 578 | 578 | #320 |
| 1968 | — | 630 | 630 | #300 |
| 1967 | — | 553 | 553 | #317 |
| 1966 | — | 683 | 683 | #282 |
| 1965 | 5 | 727 | 732 | #276 |
| 1964 | 5 | 870 | 875 | #260 |
| 1963 | — | 945 | 945 | #249 |
| 1962 | 7 | 1,044 | 1,051 | #238 |
| 1961 | 8 | 934 | 942 | #257 |
| 1960 | 6 | 954 | 960 | #257 |
| 1959 | 9 | 933 | 942 | #261 |
| 1958 | — | 878 | 878 | #261 |
| 1957 | — | 855 | 855 | #258 |
| 1956 | — | 739 | 739 | #268 |
| 1955 | — | 735 | 735 | #253 |
| 1954 | 6 | 753 | 759 | #256 |
| 1953 | — | 746 | 746 | #251 |
| 1952 | 5 | 718 | 723 | #255 |
| 1951 | 6 | 687 | 693 | #255 |
| 1950 | 5 | 721 | 726 | #250 |
| 1949 | 9 | 761 | 770 | #234 |
| 1948 | — | 874 | 874 | #214 |
| 1947 | — | 887 | 887 | #215 |
| 1946 | — | 819 | 819 | #210 |
| 1945 | 5 | 717 | 722 | #201 |
| 1944 | — | 753 | 753 | #199 |
| 1943 | 5 | 835 | 840 | #192 |
| 1942 | — | 852 | 852 | #186 |
| 1941 | 5 | 767 | 772 | #190 |
| 1940 | — | 814 | 814 | #178 |
| 1939 | 8 | 709 | 717 | #189 |
| 1938 | 5 | 846 | 851 | #172 |
| 1937 | 5 | 814 | 819 | #175 |
| 1936 | 6 | 815 | 821 | #169 |
| 1935 | 13 | 891 | 904 | #161 |
| 1934 | 9 | 831 | 840 | #169 |
| 1933 | 12 | 868 | 880 | #163 |
| 1932 | — | 965 | 965 | #156 |
| 1931 | 7 | 912 | 919 | #163 |
| 1930 | 8 | 987 | 995 | #154 |
| 1929 | 14 | 957 | 971 | #159 |
| 1928 | 15 | 987 | 1,002 | #156 |
| 1927 | 16 | 1,011 | 1,027 | #156 |
| 1926 | 14 | 1,013 | 1,027 | #155 |
| 1925 | 17 | 1,041 | 1,058 | #153 |
| 1924 | 14 | 1,170 | 1,184 | #141 |
| 1923 | 12 | 1,049 | 1,061 | #148 |
| 1922 | 9 | 1,120 | 1,129 | #139 |
| 1921 | 9 | 1,124 | 1,133 | #139 |
| 1920 | 16 | 1,138 | 1,154 | #137 |
| 1919 | 14 | 1,215 | 1,229 | #126 |
| 1918 | 17 | 1,276 | 1,293 | #128 |
| 1917 | 20 | 1,128 | 1,148 | #129 |
| 1916 | 15 | 1,191 | 1,206 | #119 |
| 1915 | 8 | 1,263 | 1,271 | #113 |
| 1914 | 10 | 1,005 | 1,015 | #110 |
| 1913 | 6 | 809 | 815 | #108 |
| 1912 | 7 | 731 | 738 | #102 |
| 1911 | 7 | 467 | 474 | #86 |
| 1910 | — | 454 | 454 | #79 |
| 1909 | — | 358 | 358 | #84 |
| 1908 | — | 353 | 353 | #78 |
| 1907 | — | 314 | 314 | #82 |
| 1906 | — | 285 | 285 | #82 |
| 1905 | — | 290 | 290 | #84 |
| 1904 | 6 | 282 | 288 | #83 |
| 1903 | — | 259 | 259 | #82 |
| 1902 | — | 273 | 273 | #79 |
| 1901 | — | 259 | 259 | #73 |
| 1900 | — | 355 | 355 | #73 |
| 1899 | — | 259 | 259 | #73 |
| 1898 | — | 310 | 310 | #69 |
| 1897 | 7 | 291 | 298 | #65 |
| 1896 | — | 299 | 299 | #69 |
| 1895 | — | 324 | 324 | #63 |
| 1894 | — | 326 | 326 | #62 |
| 1893 | — | 321 | 321 | #62 |
| 1892 | — | 361 | 361 | #60 |
| 1891 | — | 302 | 302 | #61 |
| 1890 | — | 363 | 363 | #55 |
| 1889 | 7 | 453 | 460 | #43 |
| 1888 | — | 463 | 463 | #47 |
| 1887 | — | 305 | 305 | #58 |
| 1886 | — | 335 | 335 | #56 |
| 1885 | — | 292 | 292 | #62 |
| 1884 | — | 367 | 367 | #52 |
| 1883 | — | 306 | 306 | #56 |
| 1882 | — | 334 | 334 | #55 |
| 1881 | — | 289 | 289 | #56 |
| 1880 | — | 305 | 305 | #58 |