Benton
#1,149 most common boys' name of all time · #2,723 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,149
Rank overall
#2,723 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
10,421
Since 2016
1,797
Peak year
2016 #821
Best rank
#429 1883
Girls
Boys
peak 278/yr
Benton 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 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2024 | — | 150 | 150 | #1,303 |
| 2023 | — | 145 | 145 | #1,315 |
| 2022 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,254 |
| 2021 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,226 |
| 2020 | — | 175 | 175 | #1,124 |
| 2019 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,076 |
| 2018 | 6 | 206 | 212 | #1,005 |
| 2017 | — | 234 | 234 | #910 |
| 2016 | — | 278 | 278 | #821 |
| 2015 | — | 254 | 254 | #873 |
| 2014 | — | 223 | 223 | #948 |
| 2013 | — | 225 | 225 | #917 |
| 2012 | — | 240 | 240 | #877 |
| 2011 | — | 212 | 212 | #937 |
| 2010 | — | 165 | 165 | #1,127 |
| 2009 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,497 |
| 2008 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,484 |
| 2007 | — | 138 | 138 | #1,274 |
| 2006 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,432 |
| 2004 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,386 |
| 2003 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,365 |
| 2002 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,406 |
| 2001 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,299 |
| 2000 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,198 |
| 1999 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,146 |
| 1997 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,198 |
| 1996 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,127 |
| 1995 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,090 |
| 1994 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,212 |
| 1993 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,380 |
| 1992 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,200 |
| 1991 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,202 |
| 1990 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,181 |
| 1989 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,165 |
| 1988 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,102 |
| 1987 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,026 |
| 1986 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,055 |
| 1985 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,046 |
| 1984 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,111 |
| 1983 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,078 |
| 1982 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,194 |
| 1981 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,177 |
| 1980 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,240 |
| 1979 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,157 |
| 1978 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,413 |
| 1977 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,315 |
| 1976 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,069 |
| 1975 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,263 |
| 1974 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,273 |
| 1973 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,403 |
| 1972 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,139 |
| 1971 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,009 |
| 1970 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,033 |
| 1969 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,125 |
| 1968 | — | 56 | 56 | #987 |
| 1967 | — | 57 | 57 | #957 |
| 1966 | — | 60 | 60 | #938 |
| 1965 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,068 |
| 1964 | — | 61 | 61 | #973 |
| 1963 | — | 69 | 69 | #903 |
| 1962 | — | 70 | 70 | #907 |
| 1961 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,030 |
| 1960 | — | 63 | 63 | #956 |
| 1959 | — | 65 | 65 | #957 |
| 1958 | — | 71 | 71 | #894 |
| 1957 | — | 69 | 69 | #915 |
| 1956 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,071 |
| 1955 | — | 65 | 65 | #923 |
| 1954 | — | 60 | 60 | #955 |
| 1953 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,034 |
| 1952 | — | 54 | 54 | #970 |
| 1951 | — | 53 | 53 | #964 |
| 1950 | — | 57 | 57 | #908 |
| 1949 | — | 63 | 63 | #867 |
| 1948 | — | 58 | 58 | #905 |
| 1947 | — | 61 | 61 | #890 |
| 1946 | — | 63 | 63 | #828 |
| 1945 | — | 61 | 61 | #793 |
| 1944 | — | 70 | 70 | #742 |
| 1943 | — | 61 | 61 | #850 |
| 1942 | — | 70 | 70 | #773 |
| 1941 | — | 62 | 62 | #801 |
| 1940 | — | 58 | 58 | #822 |
| 1939 | — | 60 | 60 | #785 |
| 1938 | — | 55 | 55 | #838 |
| 1937 | — | 58 | 58 | #809 |
| 1936 | — | 65 | 65 | #747 |
| 1935 | — | 59 | 59 | #809 |
| 1934 | — | 52 | 52 | #871 |
| 1933 | — | 56 | 56 | #825 |
| 1932 | — | 57 | 57 | #844 |
| 1931 | — | 62 | 62 | #794 |
| 1930 | — | 77 | 77 | #712 |
| 1929 | — | 71 | 71 | #755 |
| 1928 | — | 78 | 78 | #725 |
| 1927 | — | 79 | 79 | #737 |
| 1926 | — | 87 | 87 | #679 |
| 1925 | — | 67 | 67 | #811 |
| 1924 | — | 71 | 71 | #802 |
| 1923 | — | 78 | 78 | #739 |
| 1922 | — | 79 | 79 | #746 |
| 1921 | — | 66 | 66 | #851 |
| 1920 | — | 94 | 94 | #655 |
| 1919 | — | 74 | 74 | #749 |
| 1918 | — | 76 | 76 | #738 |
| 1917 | — | 77 | 77 | #688 |
| 1916 | — | 77 | 77 | #677 |
| 1915 | — | 61 | 61 | #769 |
| 1914 | — | 58 | 58 | #669 |
| 1913 | — | 38 | 38 | #765 |
| 1912 | — | 40 | 40 | #672 |
| 1911 | — | 23 | 23 | #651 |
| 1910 | — | 18 | 18 | #719 |
| 1909 | — | 14 | 14 | #772 |
| 1908 | — | 15 | 15 | #693 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #887 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1905 | — | 13 | 13 | #681 |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | #898 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #941 |
| 1902 | — | 10 | 10 | #761 |
| 1901 | — | 15 | 15 | #523 |
| 1900 | — | 13 | 13 | #714 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #961 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,148 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #972 |
| 1896 | — | 19 | 19 | #475 |
| 1895 | — | 11 | 11 | #659 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #935 |
| 1892 | — | 9 | 9 | #760 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #993 |
| 1890 | — | 14 | 14 | #524 |
| 1889 | — | 13 | 13 | #539 |
| 1888 | — | 9 | 9 | #722 |
| 1887 | — | 16 | 16 | #434 |
| 1886 | — | 9 | 9 | #666 |
| 1885 | — | 10 | 10 | #621 |
| 1884 | — | 18 | 18 | #445 |
| 1883 | — | 18 | 18 | #429 |
| 1882 | — | 11 | 11 | #590 |
| 1881 | — | 11 | 11 | #549 |
| 1880 | — | 10 | 10 | #607 |