Benton
- Pronunciation
- [Ben-ton]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Lives On The Moor
- Origin
- English
Benton Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 10,310 baby boys have been named Benton. The name peaked in 2016 with 277 US births that year (rank #822). In 2024, ranked #1305 nationally — 483 places below its 2016 peak.
Top States for Benton
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Benton births are: Texas (734), Tennessee (607), California (349).
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Quick Facts About Benton
US Popularity History (2011–2017)
Annual US births named Benton by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2016 with 277 boys named Benton (boy rank #822 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2017, ranked #912 for boys (234 US births). That's 90 places below its 2016 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Benton Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Benton the strongest states are Mississippi, Kansas, South Carolina.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #434 | 42 |
| 2 | Kansas | #470 | 21 |
| 3 | South Carolina | #520 | 22 |
| 4 | Kentucky | #556 | 47 |
| 5 | Missouri | #565 | 82 |
| 6 | Alabama | #601 | 46 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | #609 | 38 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #625 | 99 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #646 | 36 |
| 10 | Ohio | #673 | 38 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | #923 | 25 |
| 2 | Georgia | #829 | 39 |
| 3 | North Carolina | #805 | 57 |
| 4 | Virginia | #758 | 44 |
| 5 | Indiana | #717 | 37 |
| 6 | Ohio | #673 | 38 |
| 7 | Louisiana | #646 | 36 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #625 | 99 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | #609 | 38 |
| 10 | Alabama | #601 | 46 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Benton in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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