Benson
#973 most common boys' name of all time · #2,264 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1887–2025
Rank among boys
#973
Rank overall
#2,264 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
14,344
Since 2016
6,386
Peak year
2025 #279
Best rank
#279 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,227/yr
Benson first appears in 1887. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 1,214 | 1,227 | #279 |
| 2024 | 8 | 729 | 737 | #436 |
| 2023 | — | 454 | 454 | #617 |
| 2022 | — | 428 | 428 | #647 |
| 2021 | 6 | 479 | 485 | #582 |
| 2020 | — | 514 | 514 | #552 |
| 2019 | — | 566 | 566 | #507 |
| 2018 | — | 621 | 621 | #468 |
| 2017 | — | 625 | 625 | #475 |
| 2016 | — | 729 | 729 | #428 |
| 2015 | 5 | 631 | 636 | #472 |
| 2014 | — | 528 | 528 | #525 |
| 2013 | — | 447 | 447 | #575 |
| 2012 | — | 433 | 433 | #590 |
| 2011 | — | 314 | 314 | #724 |
| 2010 | — | 260 | 260 | #823 |
| 2009 | — | 193 | 193 | #1,016 |
| 2008 | — | 171 | 171 | #1,089 |
| 2007 | — | 174 | 174 | #1,070 |
| 2006 | — | 160 | 160 | #1,099 |
| 2005 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,191 |
| 2004 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,190 |
| 2003 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,342 |
| 2002 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,306 |
| 2001 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,573 |
| 2000 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,564 |
| 1999 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,628 |
| 1998 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,704 |
| 1997 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,863 |
| 1996 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,536 |
| 1995 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,561 |
| 1994 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,375 |
| 1993 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,343 |
| 1992 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,452 |
| 1991 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,508 |
| 1990 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,262 |
| 1989 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,459 |
| 1988 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,356 |
| 1987 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,738 |
| 1986 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,230 |
| 1985 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,247 |
| 1984 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,282 |
| 1983 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,364 |
| 1982 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,282 |
| 1981 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,261 |
| 1980 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,156 |
| 1979 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,003 |
| 1978 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,151 |
| 1977 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,073 |
| 1976 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,511 |
| 1975 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,386 |
| 1974 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,320 |
| 1973 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,149 |
| 1972 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,218 |
| 1971 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,294 |
| 1970 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1969 | — | 64 | 64 | #964 |
| 1968 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,108 |
| 1967 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,035 |
| 1966 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,206 |
| 1965 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,416 |
| 1964 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,180 |
| 1963 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,130 |
| 1962 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,196 |
| 1961 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,187 |
| 1960 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,633 |
| 1959 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,254 |
| 1958 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1957 | — | 60 | 60 | #985 |
| 1956 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,096 |
| 1955 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,211 |
| 1954 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,050 |
| 1953 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,083 |
| 1952 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,019 |
| 1951 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,116 |
| 1950 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,155 |
| 1949 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,039 |
| 1948 | — | 52 | 52 | #966 |
| 1947 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,102 |
| 1946 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,166 |
| 1945 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,128 |
| 1944 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,096 |
| 1943 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,114 |
| 1942 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,019 |
| 1941 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,145 |
| 1940 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,415 |
| 1939 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,407 |
| 1938 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1937 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,067 |
| 1936 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,238 |
| 1935 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,257 |
| 1934 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,253 |
| 1933 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,735 |
| 1932 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,338 |
| 1931 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,092 |
| 1930 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1929 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,070 |
| 1928 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,220 |
| 1927 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,237 |
| 1926 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,231 |
| 1925 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,035 |
| 1924 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,102 |
| 1923 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,206 |
| 1922 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,079 |
| 1921 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1920 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,087 |
| 1919 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,369 |
| 1918 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,273 |
| 1917 | — | 47 | 47 | #944 |
| 1916 | — | 68 | 68 | #743 |
| 1915 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,026 |
| 1914 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,209 |
| 1913 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,408 |
| 1912 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,018 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,473 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,683 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,233 |
| 1908 | — | 9 | 9 | #998 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,340 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,040 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,100 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,235 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,190 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,054 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,049 |
| 1889 | — | 9 | 9 | #720 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,142 |
| 1887 | — | 9 | 9 | #678 |