EveryBabyNames

Ben

4 countries#843 in United States, 2025
US
#843
in United States, 2025
SCOT
#160
in Scotland, 2025
FR
#392
in France, 2022
NI
#149
in Northern Ireland, 2025
Total births recorded
98,575
Peak year (United States)
1918
Peak-year count
1,293
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Ben was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesScotlandFranceNorthern Ireland

Country by country

United States

85,816 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #843 · peaked in 1918 with 1,293 births

Most common in: Texas, California, New York, Georgia, Tennessee

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

Scotland

6,784 births recorded 1975–2025 · currently #160 · peaked in 2004 with 461 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

France

3,068 births recorded 1924–2022 · currently #392 · peaked in 2020 with 146 births

Most common in: Mayotte, Paris, La Réunion, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hauts-de-Seine

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

2,907 births recorded 1997–2025 · currently #149 · peaked in 2004 with 226 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Ben’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#551
2007#611↓60
2008#613↓2
2009#644↓31
2010#692↓48
2011#687↑5
2012#743↓56
2013#746↓3
2014#717↑29
2015#736↓19
2016#698↑38
2017#732↓34
2018#691↑41
2019#720↓29
2020#768↓48
2021#765↑3
2022#765
2023#797↓32
2024#800↓3
2025#843↓43

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