Benson

What Benson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Benson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #472 in 2015 to #279 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Benson?

US: Rising: up from #472 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1673 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,214 boys got the name (#279 that year). First in the US records in 1887.

How common

• About 1 in 1,407 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,072 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (4.94 per 1,000 boys), ND (4.77 per 1,000 boys), VT (4.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Benson is #279 in the US and #1093 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.9% of US babies named Benson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bensen16 US
• Bensyn16 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Benson

Boys

• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Fletcher#545“arrow-maker”^*
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025

For a sister

• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Benson’s. Rank is US 2025.