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Ben Name Popularity

How popular is the name Ben? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 419 0.119%
1911 — 446 0.1198%
1912 — 699 0.1386%
1913 — 789 0.1392%
1914 — 987 0.1416%
1915 — 1,231 0.1355%
1916 — 1,184 0.1226%
1917 — 1,107 0.1107%
1918 — 1,254 0.1168%
1919 — 1,197 0.1143%
1920 — 1,115 0.1003%
1921 — 1,094 0.0955%
1922 — 1,104 0.0991%
1923 — 1,035 0.0924%
1924 — 1,156 0.0995%
1925 — 1,018 0.0901%
1926 — 987 0.0897%
1927 — 990 0.0894%
1928 — 970 0.0907%
1929 — 937 0.0905%
1930 — 971 0.093%
1931 — 900 0.0912%
1932 — 953 0.0965%
1933 — 846 0.0908%
1934 — 806 0.0834%
1935 — 853 0.0878%
1936 — 793 0.0823%
1937 — 791 0.0803%
1938 — 804 0.0785%
1939 — 691 0.0679%
1940 — 783 0.0737%
1941 — 738 0.0656%
1942 — 829 0.0656%
1943 — 815 0.0624%
1944 — 717 0.0579%
1945 — 691 0.0567%
1946 — 788 0.0534%
1947 — 862 0.0516%
1948 — 844 0.0529%
1949 — 727 0.0452%
1950 — 696 0.0432%
1951 — 653 0.0385%
1952 — 689 0.0395%
1953 — 721 0.0407%
1954 — 721 0.0394%
1955 — 708 0.0385%
1956 — 714 0.0378%
1957 — 836 0.0434%
1958 — 839 0.0444%
1959 — 899 0.0473%
1960 — 933 0.0492%
1961 — 907 0.048%
1962 — 1,021 0.0556%
1963 — 916 0.051%
1964 — 842 0.0478%
1965 — 709 0.0434%
1966 — 641 0.0411%
1967 — 527 0.0347%
1968 — 601 0.04%
1969 — 546 0.0354%
1970 — 597 0.0375%
1971 — 551 0.0367%
1972 — 573 0.0421%
1973 — 492 0.038%
1974 — 504 0.0388%
1975 — 571 0.0444%
1976 — 562 0.0436%
1977 — 601 0.0446%
1978 — 533 0.0396%
1979 — 519 0.0368%
1980 — 471 0.0322%
1981 — 479 0.0326%
1982 — 386 0.0258%
1983 — 389 0.0264%
1984 — 394 0.0265%
1985 — 359 0.0237%
1986 — 386 0.0256%
1987 — 379 0.0248%
1988 — 375 0.0241%
1989 — 398 0.0247%
1990 — 323 0.0195%
1991 — 307 0.0188%
1992 — 313 0.0196%
1993 — 275 0.0176%
1994 — 224 0.0146%
1995 — 273 0.0181%
1996 — 259 0.0173%
1997 — 326 0.022%
1998 — 295 0.0197%
1999 — 343 0.0229%
2000 — 337 0.0221%
2001 — 353 0.0234%
2002 — 364 0.0243%
2003 — 384 0.0252%
2004 — 413 0.0271%
2005 — 400 0.0262%
2006 — 415 0.0265%
2007 — 357 0.0226%
2008 — 356 0.023%
2009 — 337 0.0225%
2010 — 288 0.02%
2011 — 294 0.0206%
2012 — 251 0.0176%
2013 — 255 0.0179%
2014 — 300 0.0206%
2015 — 279 0.0192%
2016 — 292 0.0203%
2017 — 263 0.0188%
2018 — 292 0.0213%
2019 — 263 0.0194%
2020 — 256 0.0201%
2021 — 265 0.0217%
2022 — 255 0.0193%
2023 — 270 0.0209%

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Names Like Ben

If you like Ben, you’ll love these other names like Ben.

What names are variants of Ben?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Ben.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Benji

Son; son of the right hand; son of the south; son of my old age

Hebrew

Benjy

Son; son of the right hand; son of the south; son of my old age

Hebrew

Benn

Son; son of the right hand; son of the south; son of my old age

Hebrew

Benne

Son

Hebrew

Bennie

Son; blessed; son of the right hand; son of the south; son of my old age

Latin

Benny

Son; son of the right hand; son of the south; son of my old age

Hebrew

What names sound like Ben?

If you like how Ben sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Ben.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Ban

Field of beans

English

Pen

Enclosure; hill

English

What names are similar to Ben?

Find a name that’s like Ben, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Bentley

Bent grass meadow

English

Lists With Ben

Find inspiration in these baby boy name lists featuring the name Ben.

Siblings of Ben

Mamas with kids named Ben also have kids with these names.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Cassi

Man's defender, warrior; pure

Greek

Daniel

God is My Judge

Hebrew

4 Comments

  1. I chose Benjamin after having a dream about my Ben and the person he would be. It took a l9l time to come up with a name, and we’d changed our minds after thinking we were set on another. We know now, Ben definitely suits him!

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  2. Worldwide name compound nice

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  3. Liked it

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  4. We wanted his middle name to be Ben and his first name Aiden, but it didn’t see to match so we swap his first and middle name around which sound lot better then Aiden Benjamin. So we name him Benjamin Aiden love the way it sound.

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