Benton
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · #1,621 for boys in 2025, 104 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,415since 1880
Benton over time
Rank among boys' names. Benton has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,621 | 104 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,303 | 150 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,315 | 145 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,254 | 155 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,225 | 157 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,124 | 175 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,076 | 187 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #1,005 | 206 |
| 2017 | — | #910 | 234 | |
| 2016 | — | #820 | 278 | |
| 2015 | — | #873 | 254 | |
| 2014 | — | #947 | 223 | |
| 2013 | — | #917 | 225 | |
| 2012 | — | #877 | 240 | |
| 2011 | — | #937 | 212 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,127 | 165 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,497 | 111 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,482 | 110 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,272 | 138 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,417 | 110 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,431 | 103 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,384 | 103 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,364 | 99 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,406 | 93 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,298 | 101 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,196 | 113 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,149 | 114 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,146 | 109 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,198 | 99 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,127 | 105 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,090 | 108 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,211 | 90 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,379 | 70 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,197 | 87 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,202 | 85 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,181 | 85 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,162 | 83 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,099 | 82 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,023 | 86 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,054 | 78 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,043 | 78 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,110 | 66 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,075 | 68 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,193 | 60 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,177 | 61 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,238 | 55 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,154 | 61 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,410 | 43 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,312 | 47 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,067 | 61 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,258 | 46 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,269 | 44 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,137 | 51 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,007 | 65 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,031 | 62 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,124 | 48 | |
| 1968 | — | #986 | 56 | |
| 1967 | — | #955 | 57 | |
| 1966 | — | #938 | 60 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,064 | 48 | |
| 1964 | — | #973 | 61 | |
| 1963 | — | #899 | 69 | |
| 1962 | — | #907 | 70 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,028 | 58 | |
| 1960 | — | #951 | 63 | |
| 1959 | — | #950 | 65 | |
| 1958 | — | #892 | 71 | |
| 1957 | — | #913 | 69 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,071 | 50 | |
| 1955 | — | #921 | 65 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,033 | 49 | |
| 1952 | — | #968 | 54 | |
| 1951 | — | #963 | 53 | |
| 1950 | — | #904 | 57 | |
| 1949 | — | #866 | 63 | |
| 1948 | — | #902 | 58 | |
| 1947 | — | #889 | 61 | |
| 1946 | — | #826 | 63 | |
| 1945 | — | #791 | 61 | |
| 1944 | — | #741 | 70 | |
| 1943 | — | #846 | 61 | |
| 1942 | — | #770 | 70 | |
| 1941 | — | #798 | 62 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #784 | 60 | |
| 1938 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1937 | — | #807 | 58 | |
| 1936 | — | #747 | 65 | |
| 1935 | — | #803 | 59 | |
| 1934 | — | #869 | 52 | |
| 1933 | — | #824 | 56 | |
| 1932 | — | #841 | 57 | |
| 1931 | — | #794 | 62 | |
| 1930 | — | #710 | 77 | |
| 1929 | — | #752 | 71 | |
| 1928 | — | #722 | 78 | |
| 1927 | — | #733 | 79 | |
| 1926 | — | #678 | 87 | |
| 1925 | — | #809 | 67 | |
| 1924 | — | #797 | 71 | |
| 1923 | — | #737 | 78 | |
| 1922 | — | #742 | 79 | |
| 1921 | — | #849 | 66 | |
| 1920 | — | #653 | 94 | |
| 1919 | — | #747 | 74 | |
| 1918 | — | #733 | 76 | |
| 1917 | — | #687 | 77 | |
| 1916 | — | #677 | 77 | |
| 1915 | — | #767 | 61 | |
| 1914 | — | #667 | 58 | |
| 1913 | — | #759 | 38 | |
| 1912 | — | #668 | 40 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #462 | 19 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Benton was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Benton is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#327 · 1 in 3,991
- Kentucky#394 · 1 in 4,999
- New York#557 · 1 in 19,649
Best ever in a state: #160 in Tennessee, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #327 | 8 | 1 in 3,991 |
| Kentucky | #394 | 6 | 1 in 4,999 |
| New York | #557 | 6 | 1 in 19,649 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Benton
- 318 spots since 2024 (#1,303 → #1,621)
- 497 spots since 2020 (#1,124 → #1,621)
- 748 spots since 2015 (#873 → #1,621)
- Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #866)
- Biggest drop: 587 spots in 1906 (#666 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #412 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1907–1952
- Highest: 1 in 5,813 boys born in 1883 were named Benton (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,424 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.4% of all boys named Benton (2,224) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 125 | #412 (1883) | #545 |
| 1890s | 81 | #462 (1896) | #802 |
| 1900s | 110 | #506 (1901) | #796 |
| 1910s | 542 | #644 (1911) | #706 |
| 1920s | 770 | #653 (1920) | #747 |
| 1930s | 601 | #710 (1930) | #801 |
| 1940s | 627 | #741 (1944) | #825 |
| 1950s | 593 | #892 (1958) | #957 |
| 1960s | 590 | #899 (1963) | #983 |
| 1970s | 516 | #1,007 (1971) | #1,205 |
| 1980s | 717 | #1,023 (1987) | #1,117 |
| 1990s | 952 | #1,090 (1995) | #1,188 |
| 2000s | 1,081 | #1,196 (2000) | #1,375 |
| 2010s | 2,224 | #820 (2016) | #949 |
| 2020s | 886 | #1,124 (2020) | #1,307 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Benton in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 19,731 of them was named Benton, which outranked 81.0% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).