Benn

Boy · recorded 1915–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Benn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

04819151941196719922018

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 56 recorded years as a table
Benn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19157
19168
19176
19187
19237
19345
19426
19454
19464
19473
19483
19503
19534
19544
19554
19563
19573
19582
19603
19632
19643
19685
19703
19713
19725
19745
19754
19763
19774
19785
19795
19806
19816
19823
19844
19854
19865
19876
19884
19893
19904
19914
19923
19934
19953
19964
19973
20023
20033
20043
20053
20103
20113
20133
20173
20183

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Benn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
6
Rank in 2018
#10,760
How rare
1 in 302,693 boys
Since 1915
382

Benn was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Benn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.