Ben is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1726 for boy births in the United States, given to 292 babies. Ben first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (1,293 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 292 | #1,726 |
| 2024 | 314 | #1,650 |
| 2023 | 311 | #1,642 |
| 2022 | 330 | #1,595 |
| 2021 | 327 | #1,588 |
| 2020 | 313 | #1,606 |
| 2019 | 339 | #1,515 |
| 2018 | 351 | #1,466 |
| 2017 | 327 | #1,562 |
| 2016 | 354 | #1,493 |
| 2015 | 331 | #1,566 |
| 2014 | 336 | #1,534 |
| 2013 | 310 | #1,579 |
| 2012 | 311 | #1,599 |
| 2011 | 344 | #1,472 |
| 2010 | 337 | #1,491 |
| 2009 | 389 | #1,376 |
| 2008 | 405 | #1,340 |
| 2007 | 409 | #1,312 |
| 2006 | 455 | #1,183 |
| 2005 | 447 | #1,163 |
| 2004 | 454 | #1,125 |
| 2003 | 440 | #1,135 |
| 2002 | 408 | #1,162 |
| 2001 | 394 | #1,180 |
| 2000 | 376 | #1,201 |
| 1999 | 391 | #1,130 |
| 1998 | 353 | #1,202 |
| 1997 | 372 | #1,132 |
| 1996 | 315 | #1,257 |
| 1995 | 322 | #1,219 |
| 1994 | 292 | #1,305 |
| 1993 | 333 | #1,213 |
| 1992 | 358 | #1,157 |
| 1991 | 352 | #1,164 |
| 1990 | 367 | #1,127 |
| 1989 | 437 | #986 |
| 1988 | 430 | #953 |
| 1987 | 426 | #928 |
| 1986 | 431 | #904 |
| 1985 | 428 | #885 |
| 1984 | 444 | #845 |
| 1983 | 431 | #850 |
| 1982 | 443 | #847 |
| 1981 | 529 | #757 |
| 1980 | 523 | #769 |
| 1979 | 557 | #716 |
| 1978 | 577 | #679 |
| 1977 | 626 | #655 |
| 1976 | 590 | #661 |
| 1975 | 608 | #655 |
| 1974 | 541 | #704 |
| 1973 | 540 | #697 |
| 1972 | 597 | #669 |
| 1971 | 578 | #708 |
| 1970 | 620 | #695 |
| 1969 | 578 | #704 |
| 1968 | 630 | #649 |
| 1967 | 553 | #697 |
| 1966 | 683 | #616 |
| 1965 | 732 | #606 |
| 1964 | 875 | #573 |
| 1963 | 945 | #548 |
| 1962 | 1,051 | #515 |
| 1961 | 942 | #553 |
| 1960 | 960 | #550 |
| 1959 | 942 | #551 |
| 1958 | 878 | #564 |
| 1957 | 855 | #570 |
| 1956 | 739 | #586 |
| 1955 | 735 | #570 |
| 1954 | 759 | #558 |
| 1953 | 746 | #547 |
| 1952 | 723 | #546 |
| 1951 | 693 | #548 |
| 1950 | 726 | #534 |
| 1949 | 770 | #506 |
| 1948 | 874 | #470 |
| 1947 | 887 | #462 |
| 1946 | 819 | #456 |
| 1945 | 722 | #455 |
| 1944 | 753 | #436 |
| 1943 | 840 | #424 |
| 1942 | 852 | #413 |
| 1941 | 772 | #414 |
| 1940 | 814 | #390 |
| 1939 | 717 | #418 |
| 1938 | 851 | #378 |
| 1937 | 819 | #381 |
| 1936 | 821 | #376 |
| 1935 | 904 | #356 |
| 1934 | 840 | #383 |
| 1933 | 880 | #360 |
| 1932 | 965 | #347 |
| 1931 | 919 | #359 |
| 1930 | 995 | #348 |
| 1929 | 971 | #351 |
| 1928 | 1,002 | #355 |
| 1927 | 1,027 | #353 |
| 1926 | 1,027 | #351 |
| 1925 | 1,058 | #346 |
| 1924 | 1,184 | #326 |
| 1923 | 1,061 | #348 |
| 1922 | 1,129 | #331 |
| 1921 | 1,133 | #330 |
| 1920 | 1,154 | #322 |
| 1919 | 1,229 | #301 |
| 1918 | 1,293 | #296 |
| 1917 | 1,148 | #302 |
| 1916 | 1,206 | #283 |
| 1915 | 1,271 | #263 |
| 1914 | 1,015 | #257 |
| 1913 | 815 | #256 |
| 1912 | 738 | #253 |
| 1911 | 474 | #249 |
| 1910 | 454 | #239 |
| 1909 | 358 | #252 |
| 1908 | 353 | #244 |
| 1907 | 314 | #262 |
| 1906 | 285 | #262 |
| 1905 | 290 | #260 |
| 1904 | 288 | #252 |
| 1903 | 259 | #263 |
| 1902 | 273 | #252 |
| 1901 | 259 | #244 |
| 1900 | 355 | #234 |
| 1899 | 259 | #244 |
| 1898 | 310 | #233 |
| 1897 | 298 | #218 |
| 1896 | 299 | #226 |
| 1895 | 324 | #203 |
| 1894 | 326 | #198 |
| 1893 | 321 | #195 |
| 1892 | 361 | #183 |
| 1891 | 302 | #187 |
| 1890 | 363 | #168 |
| 1889 | 460 | #132 |
| 1888 | 463 | #137 |
| 1887 | 305 | #163 |
| 1886 | 335 | #158 |
| 1885 | 292 | #164 |
| 1884 | 367 | #134 |
| 1883 | 306 | #145 |
| 1882 | 334 | #133 |
| 1881 | 289 | #139 |
| 1880 | 305 | #134 |