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Ben

Pronounced /bɛn/

Rank in 2024
#803
Born in 2024
313
Peak year
1918 · #128
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 313 boys were named Ben, about 1 in every 5,480.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 1,276 babies, ranked #128.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 85,049 boys have been named Ben since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Ben per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.7
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. 0.3
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 20,878 babies, 1.25 per 1,000. Silent: 15,319 babies, 0.74 per 1,000. Boomers: 15,854 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,494 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,324 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,281 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,939 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

==== Proper noun ==== Ben A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== Ben (plural Bens) (US, slang) A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money. ===== Synonyms ===== Ben Franklin, Benjamin, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin

  • A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
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