Benton
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #1,621 for boys
Benton is a boys' name, meaning “bean”. In 2025 it ranked 1,621st for boys in the US (104 babies).
What does Benton mean?
“bean”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Benton a girl's or a boy's name?
Benton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 104 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 boys.
Benton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Benton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,621among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 104 boys in the US were named Benton, making it the 1,621st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,124th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 278 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Benton than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Benton in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2024 | 150 | #1,303 |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,315 |
| 2022 | 155 | #1,254 |
| 2021 | 157 | #1,225 |
| 2020 | 175 | #1,124 |
| 2019 | 187 | #1,076 |
| 2018 | 206 | #1,005 |
| 2017 | 234 | #910 |
| 2016 | 278 | #820 |
| 2015 | 254 | #873 |
| 2014 | 223 | #947 |
| 2013 | 225 | #917 |
| 2012 | 240 | #877 |
| 2011 | 212 | #937 |
| 2010 | 165 | #1,127 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,496 |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,482 |
| 2007 | 138 | #1,272 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,417 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,430 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,382 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,363 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,403 |
| 2001 | 101 | #1,294 |
| 2000 | 113 | #1,194 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,147 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 99 | #1,195 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,125 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,087 |
| 1994 | 90 | #1,207 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,193 |
| 1991 | 85 | #1,196 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,176 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,158 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,097 |
| 1987 | 86 | #1,022 |
| 1986 | 78 | #1,053 |
| 1985 | 78 | #1,042 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,109 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,075 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,192 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,177 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,067 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,137 |
| 1971 | 65 | #1,007 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,124 |
| 1968 | 56 | #986 |
| 1967 | 57 | #955 |
| 1966 | 60 | #938 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,064 |
| 1964 | 61 | #973 |
| 1963 | 69 | #898 |
| 1962 | 70 | #906 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,027 |
| 1960 | 63 | #950 |
| 1959 | 65 | #949 |
| 1958 | 71 | #891 |
| 1957 | 69 | #912 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1955 | 65 | #920 |
| 1954 | 60 | #951 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,032 |
| 1952 | 54 | #967 |
| 1951 | 53 | #962 |
| 1950 | 57 | #903 |
| 1949 | 63 | #865 |
| 1948 | 58 | #901 |
| 1947 | 61 | #888 |
| 1946 | 63 | #826 |
| 1945 | 61 | #791 |
| 1944 | 70 | #741 |
| 1943 | 61 | #846 |
| 1942 | 70 | #770 |
| 1941 | 62 | #798 |
| 1940 | 58 | #818 |
| 1939 | 60 | #784 |
| 1938 | 55 | #834 |
| 1937 | 58 | #807 |
| 1936 | 65 | #747 |
| 1935 | 59 | #803 |
| 1934 | 52 | #869 |
| 1933 | 56 | #824 |
| 1932 | 57 | #841 |
| 1931 | 62 | #794 |
| 1930 | 77 | #710 |
| 1929 | 71 | #752 |
| 1928 | 78 | #722 |
| 1927 | 79 | #733 |
| 1926 | 87 | #678 |
| 1925 | 67 | #809 |
| 1924 | 71 | #797 |
| 1923 | 78 | #737 |
| 1922 | 79 | #742 |
| 1921 | 66 | #849 |
| 1920 | 94 | #653 |
| 1919 | 74 | #747 |
| 1918 | 76 | #733 |
| 1917 | 77 | #687 |
| 1916 | 77 | #677 |
| 1915 | 61 | #767 |
| 1914 | 58 | #667 |
| 1913 | 38 | #759 |
| 1912 | 40 | #668 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 18 | #707 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 14 | #511 |
| 1889 | 13 | #525 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 16 | #420 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 18 | #433 |
| 1883 | 18 | #412 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
Names like Benton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Benjamin Harrison Nathan Hudson Jack Adam Aaron Jason Mason Owen William Oliver
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, “Benton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benton, updated 20 October 2026.