NameTides

Benton

Benton was the #1,621 boys' name in the US in 2025 (104 babies), and #2,269 in Canada.

Benton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Benton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Benton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,621 (104)—#2,269 (8)
2024#1,303 (150)—#2,710 (6)
2023#1,315 (145)—#2,921 (5)
2022#1,254 (155)—#2,229 (7)
2021#1,225 (157)—#1,898 (9)
2020#1,124 (175)—#2,431 (6)
2019#1,076 (187)—#1,998 (8)
2018#1,005 (206)—#1,836 (9)
2017#910 (234)—#1,246 (16)
2016#820 (278)#4,023 (4)#1,423 (13)
2015#873 (254)—#1,007 (21)
2014#947 (223)—#2,371 (6)
2013#917 (225)—#1,654 (10)
2012#877 (240)——
2011#937 (212)—#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1883 at #412.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Benton is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Benton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Benton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BentonCanadaBoys#2,2698
BentonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BentonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BentonUSGirls—too few
BentonUSBoys#1,621104