Boys' name · since 2013
Bensley
51 babies named Bensley in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,000 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,393 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bensley currently ranks #6393 among boys' names in America, with 51 babies recorded since 2013.
Bensley has 51 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6393 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #22,000 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,393 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 51 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bensley ranks #22,000 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,393 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 51 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,000 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,393 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bensley's 51 recorded births place it above 51.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Bensley compares
51 17th 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
Bensley's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bensley | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 51 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bensley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bensley's full recorded timeline at 2023, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bensley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Bensley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 86% of the file).
2020s was Bensley's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Bensley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (86% of all-time use).
Bensley by state
Where Bensley concentrates geographically, total births since 2013
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 7 | 13.7% |
7 of 51 births nationwide.
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- Florida records the most Bensleys (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bensley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Bensley 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.