Benson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEN-son
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,162 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #279 for boys
Benson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Ben”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 279th for boys in the US (1,214 babies).
What does Benson mean?
English: English surname, 'son of Ben'
“son of Ben”
Ben was a medieval short form of Benedict, so the surname originally meant 'son of Benedict'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Benson a girl's or a boy's name?
Benson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 1,214 boys in the US.
How popular is Benson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Benson, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th.
2025 had the most boys named Benson of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Benson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.
Benson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Benson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #279among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,214about 1 in 1,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,214 boys in the US were named Benson, making it the 279th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 552nd. It first appears in the records in 1887. 13 girls were also named Benson in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Benson of any year since it first appeared, in 1887.
Half of all the boys named Benson in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,214 | #279 |
| 2024 | 729 | #436 |
| 2023 | 454 | #617 |
| 2022 | 428 | #645 |
| 2021 | 479 | #582 |
| 2020 | 514 | #552 |
| 2019 | 566 | #507 |
| 2018 | 621 | #468 |
| 2017 | 625 | #475 |
| 2016 | 729 | #428 |
| 2015 | 631 | #472 |
| 2014 | 528 | #525 |
| 2013 | 447 | #574 |
| 2012 | 433 | #590 |
| 2011 | 314 | #724 |
| 2010 | 260 | #823 |
| 2009 | 193 | #1,014 |
| 2008 | 171 | #1,089 |
| 2007 | 174 | #1,070 |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,097 |
| 2005 | 134 | #1,190 |
| 2004 | 130 | #1,188 |
| 2003 | 102 | #1,340 |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,302 |
| 2001 | 76 | #1,568 |
| 2000 | 76 | #1,560 |
| 1999 | 66 | #1,621 |
| 1998 | 60 | #1,697 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,530 |
| 1995 | 60 | #1,554 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,369 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,335 |
| 1992 | 63 | #1,447 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,496 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,254 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 |
| 1988 | 58 | #1,351 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,226 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,241 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1983 | 47 | #1,360 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,277 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,259 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,154 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,001 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,071 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,311 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,147 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,289 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,178 |
| 1969 | 64 | #959 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,030 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,178 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,246 |
| 1958 | 46 | #1,130 |
| 1957 | 60 | #980 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,091 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,044 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,012 |
| 1951 | 42 | #1,109 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 52 | #962 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,156 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,121 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,085 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,106 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,199 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,225 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,247 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,078 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,055 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,211 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,093 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,194 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,072 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,351 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1917 | 47 | #934 |
| 1916 | 68 | #734 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
Nicknames for Benson
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Benson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Benson
Names related to Benson
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Benson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benson, updated 20 October 2026.