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How popular is the name Benn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Benns are alive today.
Benn (male), a spelling of Ben, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2020 (ranked 4608th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 49 babies were given the name, the 419th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ben you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Bens born in England and Wales are between 24 and 40, and there are at least 75,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 22% chance that at least one of them will be called Ben.
How many babies are named Benn each year?
Includes all spellings: Benn, Ben. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Benn spelling rank?
Where does the Ben spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Benn most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ben, peaked in 2002, when 3,210 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Benn spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 49 babies.
How many people are called Benn?
At least 75,000 people named Benn in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Benn?
Most living Benns are between 24 and 40; the most common age is about 23.
Is Benn becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.