Baby name

Benson

Boy

Rising name

2025 was its best year: 1,214 births, or 1 baby in 2,731. The momentum is recent: births are up 22% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 279. 36% of all babies named Benson since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

14,312births since 1880

2020sgeneration

No. 279rank at its peak, in 2025

Where babies named Benson are born

2025

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The darker the blue, the more common Benson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Benson is most common in Utah (9.9 times), Idaho (6.4) and Arizona (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Benton 10,415
Jenson 2,849

Names from the same era

Bodhi · Lucian · Benito · Matthias · Bo · Santino

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