Boy
Benson
As a boy's name, Benson traces back to English, where it is understood to mean "English patronymic". It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
EnglishEnglish patronymic
Etymology"Son of Ben(jamin)"
Births by decade
1900s
34
1910s
285
1920s
396
1930s
290
1940s
387
1950s
460
1960s
432
1970s
512
1980s
538
1990s
643
2000s
1,316
2010s
3,961
Peaked in the 2010s · 9,254 total U.S. births since 1900