# Benn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 382 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 382 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 336, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8 | 6,000 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,515 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,280 |
| 1995 | 6 | 7,902 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,560 |
| 1997 | 5 | 9,418 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,861 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,070 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,099 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,265 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,920 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,510 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,899 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,949 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10,947 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24 | 728 |
| 2002 | 20 | 869 |
| 2003 | 28 | 746 |
| 2004 | 15 | 1,222 |
| 2005 | 15 | 1,299 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 13 | 1,578 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,596 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Benn

- Benn Harradine, Australian discus thrower
- Benn Ferriero, American ice hockey player
- Benn Jordan, American musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.