Benn

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Benn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#271highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#419
1997	#505
1998	#519
1999	#948
2000	#624
2001	#728
2002	#869
2003	#746
2004	#1222
2005	#1299
2006	#2282
2007	#1578
2008	#1596
2009	#3227
2010	#2941
2011	#3830
2012	#3987
2015	#3004
2016	#3478
2020	#4608

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

In 2004: #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1222 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #419 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2004
Highest recorded position: #271 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2004).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4608 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Benn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 336 births with the name.

Benn across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Benn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#419 (1996)	#419 (1996)	#4608 (2020)	20 of 25	336 (1996–2020)	49 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#271 (1997)	#305 (2004)	4 of 8	12 (1997–2004)	3 (1997)

Benn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Benn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	139	4 of 10	35
2000sbusiest	169	10 of 10	17
2010s	25	5 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Benn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#746	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#728	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#624	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#948	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#519	37	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#505	37	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#419	49	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Benn is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Benn, between 1996 and 2020, in 20 of those 25 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1996–2020	20	#419 in 1996
Northern Ireland	1997–2004	4	#271 in 1997

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 2016; it appears again in 2020.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

Benn was ranked #271 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aedan#271
Aiden#271
Alister#271
Antoin#271

What is known about Benn

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1996–2020.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Benn

Benn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benn across 2 official records

Benn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Popularity data

Where Benn is officially recorded

Names published alongside Benn

What is known about Benn

Benn at a glance

Benn across 2 official records

Benn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Names published alongside Benn