Ben

Boy name

Ben has been given to 85,816 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1918 and currently ranks #843 for boys (2025).

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

85,816

Peak year

1918 (1,293 babies)

Rank in 2025

#843 for boys

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -12%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Ben Affleck

American film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)

Ben Jonson

English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)

Ben Kingsley

English actor (born 1943)

Ben Roy Mottelson

Danish nuclear physicist (1926–2022)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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