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 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#400 · 1 in 1,855
- Tennessee#403 · 1 in 1,973
- Kansas#423 · 1 in 1,817
- South Carolina#497 · 1 in 2,612
- Missouri#579 · 1 in 3,372
Best ever in a state: #160 in Tennessee, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #400 | 7 | 1 in 1,855 |
| Tennessee | #403 | 18 | 1 in 1,973 |
| Kansas | #423 | 8 | 1 in 1,817 |
| South Carolina | #497 | 8 | 1 in 2,612 |
| Missouri | #579 | 9 | 1 in 3,372 |
| Alabama | #584 | 7 | 1 in 3,232 |
| Oklahoma | #599 | 6 | 1 in 3,136 |
| Utah | #656 | 5 | 1 in 3,900 |
| Ohio | #690 | 12 | 1 in 4,776 |
| Wisconsin | #763 | 5 | 1 in 5,147 |
| Pennsylvania | #850 | 8 | 1 in 7,158 |
| Michigan | #873 | 7 | 1 in 6,556 |
| North Carolina | #905 | 7 | 1 in 7,166 |
| Georgia | #1,020 | 7 | 1 in 7,456 |
| Illinois | #1,067 | 7 | 1 in 8,524 |
| Texas | #1,076 | 18 | 1 in 9,715 |
| Florida | #1,280 | 8 | 1 in 11,980 |
| California | #1,641 | 10 | 1 in 20,651 |
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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 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 283,512 of them was named Benton, which outranked 24.0% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,464Zyannah7
- #12,464Zyliah7
- #12,464Zyna7
- #13,793Benton6
- #13,793Aabriella6
- #13,793Aadhyareddy6
- #13,793Aadhyasri6
- #15,682Aabidah5
- #15,682Aaheli5
- #15,682Aalasia5
Tied with 1,888 names at #13,793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 8,816 of them was named Benton, which outranked 92.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).