Benson — #435 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benson

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,094 babies named Benson between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benson currently holds the #435 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 729 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Benson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Benson in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benson 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 13,094 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.