# Benzion (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benzion/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “son of zion” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,084 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,084 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew בֶּנְצִיּוֹן (Bentsiyón), a compound of בֶּן (ben) + צִיּוֹן (Tsiyón), literally “son of Zion”.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,524 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,884 |
| 2013 | 31 | 3,413 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,544 |
| 2015 | 33 | 3,376 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,890 |
| 2017 | 33 | 3,390 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,718 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,267 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,738 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,751 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,103 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,471 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,171 |
| 2025 | 30 | 3,672 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |

## In other languages

- Dutch: Benzion
- French: Bension
- Hebrew: בֶּנְצִיּוֹן
- Polish: Bencijjon
- Romanian: Bentzion, Bențion
- Russian: Бенцио́н
- Ukrainian: Бенцּіо́н

## 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.