Bensen
Boy · BEN-son · English
Bensen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Ben”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Bensen mean?
English: spelling of Benson; English surname, 'son of Ben'
“son of Ben”
Ben was a medieval short form of Benedict, so the surname originally meant 'son of Benedict'.
- Say it
- BEN-son
Meaning borrowed from Benson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Bensen a girl's or a boy's name?
Bensen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bensen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Bensen, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had fewer boys named Bensen than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Bensen in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,246 boys in the US were given Bensen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #288, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Bensen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Nicknames for Bensen
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Bensen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Bensen
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