How rare is the name Benson?

9,711 people in the United States have the first name Benson, about 1 in 31,102. It ranks #2,507 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BENSON

#2,507

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,711
About
1 in 31,102
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,711 people named Benson, 57.3% reported their origin as White, 19.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 12.4% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Benson peaked in 2025, when 1,227 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18872025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,227
In 2025*
1,227
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 14,344 babies have been given the name since 1887. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Benson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #972. The largest share of babies named Benson, 55.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,20423
1890s#2,83522
1900s#3,05234
1910s#2,155285
1920s#2,258396
1930s#2,508290
1940s#2,364388
1950s#2,511460
1960s#2,815432
1970s#2,930509
1980s#3,248540
1990s#3,607643
2000s#2,7451,318
2010s#1,1205,159
2020s#9723,845
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.4%
Silent Generation 1928–454%
Baby boom 1946–645.9%
Generation X 1965–805.6%
Millennials 1981–966.6%
Generation Z 1997–1217.4%
2013 and later55.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Benson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Benson has been most common in Utah (11×), Idaho (6.5×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.14×).

10,155 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Benson

1 other first name also has 9,711 people.

#2,507 Mimi · 9,711

Either side of Benson

#2,505 Cayla · 9,718#2,505 Jaimie · 9,718#2,507 Mimi · 9,711#2,509 Karli · 9,703

Also a last name

As a last name, Benson ranks #378 of 156,621, with 82,707 people. See Benson as a last name

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