Boys' name · since 2000
Bence
212 babies named Bence in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,612 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
212 babies have been named Bence since 2000, making it today's #8612 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bence has been recorded 212 times among boys since 2000, currently ranked #8612 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #12,585 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,612 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 212 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bence ranks #12,585 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,612 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 212 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,612 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bence's 212 recorded births place it above 72.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bence compares
212 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bence's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bence | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 212 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bence's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bence's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bence popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Bence by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Bence's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Bence births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bence's data
- Bence's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bence: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bence draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.