# Benson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benson/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛn.sən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,344 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,312 / 32 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 266, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Old English Benesingtūn.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 16,861 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,758 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,280 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7,958 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 314 | 724 |
| 2012 | 433 | 590 |
| 2013 | 447 | 574 |
| 2014 | 528 | 525 |
| 2015 | 631 | 472 |
| 2016 | 729 | 428 |
| 2017 | 625 | 475 |
| 2018 | 621 | 468 |
| 2019 | 566 | 507 |
| 2020 | 514 | 552 |
| 2021 | 479 | 582 |
| 2022 | 428 | 645 |
| 2023 | 454 | 617 |
| 2024 | 729 | 436 |
| 2025 | 1,214 | 279 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,093 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بِنْسُون
- Bulgarian: Бенсън
- Chinese: 班森
- Hebrew: בנסון
- Japanese: ベンソン
- Korean: 벤슨
- Russian: Бенсон
- Ukrainian: Бенсон

## People named Benson

- Benson Boone, American singer
- Benson Henderson, American mixed martial artist (born 1983)
- Benson Fong, American actor (1916-1987)
- Benson Taylor, composer and music producer from the United Kingdom
- Benson Kiplagat Seurei, Bahraini middle-distance runner of Kenyan descent
- James Irwin, American astronaut (1930-1991)
- Dean Phillips, American businessman and politician (born 1969)
- John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)
- Ben Hardaway, American story artist and voice actor (1895-1957)

## 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.