Boy
Ben
Ben is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has cooled since its 1920s peak, but is still chosen today.
EtymologyShort for Benjamin
HebrewHebrew – "son of the right hand"
Births by decade
1900s
3,034
1910s
9,643
1920s
10,745
1930s
8,711
1940s
8,101
1950s
7,792
1960s
7,952
1970s
5,837
1980s
4,511
1990s
3,445
2000s
4,163
2010s
2,633
Peaked in the 1920s · 76,567 total U.S. births since 1900