Benton

Boy name

Benton has been given to 10,421 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2016.

Meaning & origin /ˈbɛn.tən/

From either Old English bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

10,421

Peak year

2016 (278 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -59%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Benton.

10,386 babies since 1880

10,494 babies since 1998

10,337 babies since 1916

10,281 babies since 1880

10,261 babies since 1880

10,256 babies since 1950

10,245 babies since 1991

10,243 babies since 1968

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