Benton — #1305 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benton

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,310 babies named Benton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benton currently holds the #1305 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 277 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Benton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 740 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Benton in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benton 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 10,310 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.