Bensen — #3663 US boys' name
379 babies named Bensen in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Bensen was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Bensen in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bensen
The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Bensen between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bensen currently holds the #3663 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bensen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bensen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bensen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bensen 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 379 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.
Bensen at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Bensen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2015)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #3663 among boys.
379 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 31 births in a single year.
Bensen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 224 births that decade — 59% of Bensen's all-time total
Bensen decade highlights
- Peak decade 224 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Bensen's strongest decade
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Bensen by state
Where Bensen concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 379 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2004–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.