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Ben Name Popularity


Boys vs Girls

99.45%
Male

0.55%
Female

Ben is predominantly a boys name, with 0.55% of Bens being girls, and 99.45% being boys.

In the United States there have been a total of 83769 males named Ben, and 462 females given the name

Popularity of Ben by state:

This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Ben in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None

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Names Similar to Ben

Rank Name Global Rank
1. Bowen 962
2. Boone 1725
3. Benaiah 3125
4. Benny 3151
5. Bain 3572
6. Baine 3572
7. Bane 3572
8. Bannon 3572

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Ben: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024


The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Ben' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Ben in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Ben's average ranking is 938.63, with it's highest ever rank being #. Ben has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 16 times.

Ben has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 84231 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Ben gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1888, when it's usage went up by 125.31%. During this year, 463 babies were named Ben, which was 0.1609% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.161%, in this year alone more than 1000 boys were named Ben.

Popular 'B' Names for Boys

Boys names starting with 'B'

Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with B. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'B' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.

Name 'B-Name' Rank Overall Rank Total Named Percentage named
Benjamin 1. 10. 14569 0.403%
Brayden 2. 98. 5679 0.157%
Bryson 3. 150. 4333 0.12%
Brandon 4. 161. 4076 0.113%
Bentley 5. 163. 4026 0.111%
Braxton 6. 213. 3279 0.091%
Blake 7. 214. 3269 0.09%
Brody 8. 233. 3035 0.084%
Bennett 9. 244. 2919 0.081%
Bryce 10. 255. 2827 0.078%
Brantley 11. 277. 2592 0.072%
Beau 12. 330. 2113 0.058%
Bryan 13. 331. 2110 0.058%
Bradley 14. 346. 2040 0.056%
Brian 15. 361. 1965 0.054%
Beckett 16. 388. 1827 0.05%
Brady 17. 405. 1745 0.048%
Brooks 18. 423. 1663 0.046%
Barrett 19. 492. 1379 0.038%
Beckham 20. 598. 1114 0.031%

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