Benn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Benn

The Social Security Administration has registered 382 babies named Benn between 1915 and 2018, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Benn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 382 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.