How Many People Are Named Benton?
people named Benton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 45,717 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,421 babies named Benton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
278 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name, composed of Old English beonet "bent grass" and tun "enclosure".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Benton (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Benton alive today is about 29 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Benton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2016, to 278 babies. In 2025, 104 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Benton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #413, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #1,623.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,623 |
| Best rank | #413 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #947 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Benton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Benton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 569 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Benton was given 6.2 times as often in Tennessee, 3.6 times in Mississippi and 2.9 times in Missouri.
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