Ben Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Ben: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 85,349 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

85,349

Peak year

1918 #128

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-6.5%

In the 1910s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	344	#687
2012	311	#743
2013	310	#746
2014	336	#718
2015	331	#736
2016	354	#698
2017	327	#732
2018	351	#692
2019	339	#720
2020	313	#768
2021	327	#765
2022	330	#765
2023	311	#797
2024	314	#800
2025	292	#843

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1918

120

Names from the same era

Frank · 1918 Walter · 1918 Harry · 1918 Francis · 1918 Lloyd · 1918 Lester · 1918 Elmer · 1918 Sam · 1918 Julius · 1918 Sidney · 1918

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