Total births
18
Boys' name · since 2010
Benten
Benten has 18 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 18
- total births
- 2010–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Benten is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 18 have been recorded since 2010.
Benten has 18 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2016.
- 18 total births
- 2010–2016 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
18 boys have been named Benten since 2010, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2016.
- 18
- total births
- 2010–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Benten was born in this single decade.
2016
Single peak year
7 babies were named Benten in 2016 - its busiest year on record.
Benten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Benten's full recorded timeline at 2011, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Benten at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
2016
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2010
Benten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2016
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Benten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Benten's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Benten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Benten? ▼
Benten has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 2010, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2016. 7 babies were born in 2016, its single highest year.
When was Benten most popular? ▼
Benten was most popular in the 2010s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Benten been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Benten since 2010 -- 7 years through the most recent 2016 data.
What names are similar to Benten? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Benjamin, Ben, Bennett, Bentley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Benten
Nearby Names Like Benten
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Benten
Benjamin Boy
#11 826,830 births
Ben Boy
#800 85,349 births
Bennett Boy
#60 72,514 births
Bentley Boy
#201 60,027 births
Bennie Boy
#2502 52,753 births
Compare Benten side by side: Benten vs Benjamin Benten vs Ben Benten vs Bennett
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2010–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Benten: Baby Name Since 2010 - 18 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/benten. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Benten 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 July 2026.