first name
BENTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,548 people named Benton, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Benton peaked in 2016, when 278 babies got the name.
At least 10,421 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Benton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,124. The largest share of babies named Benton, 24%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Benton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Benton has been most common in Tennessee (6.3×), Mississippi (3.1×), and Missouri (2.7×), and least common in New York (0.15×).
4,584 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Benton ranks #954 of 156,621, with 35,994 people. See Benton as a last name
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