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.

Benn: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #271, and it stood at #4,608 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#271highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

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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

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 Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Benn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2020, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #271, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Benjamin · #3, 65y
Benji · #535, 25y
Bennett · #395, 22y
Bennie · #1610, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Christie · #271, 25y
Allister · #272, 17y
Seanan · #272, 16y
Gregg · #273, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aedan · #271, 29y
Alister · #271, 28y
Amy-Leigh · #271, 24y
Cailum · #271, 19y

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.

Benn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Benn without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Benn

Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1342.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3004 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3478 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.

Moved the opposite way to Benn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Benn went from #419 to #4608 while Albie went from #853 to #35.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Benn went from #419 to #4608 while Alfie went from #119 to #18.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Benn went from #419 to #4608 while Alfred went from #218 to #91.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Benn went from #419 to #4608 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Benn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Benn went from #419 to #4608 and Aaron from #33 to #120.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Benn went from #419 to #4608 and Adam from #16 to #34.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Benn went from #419 to #4608 and Alan from #163 to #298.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Benn went from #419 to #4608 and Alex from #43 to #108.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't 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

Benn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Benn and the names beside it

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Benn at a glance

Benn across 2 official records

Benn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Benn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Benn

Benn and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Benn

Moved the opposite way to Benn

Moved the same way as Benn