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How popular is “Benson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Benson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Benson” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Benson” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Benson” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Benson” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Benson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Benson” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 39 0.000021283 39 -100%
1916 68 0.000035153 68 -100%
1917 47 0.000023421 47 -100%
1918 31 0.000014278 31 -100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 -100%
1920 43 0.000019004 43 -100%
1921 39 0.000016706 39 -100%
1922 43 0.000018784 43 -100%
1923 36 0.000015635 36 -100%
1924 43 0.000018055 43 -100%
1925 45 0.000019286 45 -100%
1926 35 0.000015245 35 -100%
1927 35 0.00001509 35 -100%
1928 35 0.00001548 35 -100%
1929 42 0.000019159 42 -100%
1930 30 0.000013494 30 -100%
1931 39 0.000018533 39 -100%
1932 27 0.000012788 27 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 29 0.000013964 29 -100%
1935 29 0.000013876 29 -100%
1936 29 0.000013959 29 -100%
1937 37 0.000017365 37 -100%
1938 30 0.000013559 30 -100%
1939 23 0.000010438 23 -100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 -100%
1941 34 0.000013955 34 -100%
1942 44 0.000016106 44 -100%
1943 38 0.000013463 38 -100%
1944 37 0.000013754 37 -100%
1945 34 0.000012816 34 -100%
1946 36 0.000011267 36 -100%
1947 44 0.000012214 44 -100%
1948 52 0.000015061 52 -100%
1949 46 0.0000132 46 -100%
1950 39 0.000011132 39 -100%
1951 42 0.000011401 42 -100%
1952 50 0.000013165 50 -100%
1953 46 0.000011937 46 -100%
1954 51 0.000012812 51 -100%
1955 39 0.000009713 39 -100%
1956 48 0.000011642 48 -100%
1957 60 0.000014278 60 -100%
1958 46 0.000011127 46 -100%
1959 39 0.00000938 39 -100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 -100%
1961 45 0.000010864 45 -100%
1962 43 0.000010656 43 -100%
1963 47 0.000011874 47 -100%
1964 43 0.000011061 43 -100%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 -100%
1966 39 0.000011221 39 -100%
1967 50 0.000014728 50 -100%
1968 46 0.000013616 46 -100%
1969 64 0.000018416 64 -100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 -100%
1971 42 0.000012236 42 -100%
1972 46 0.000014636 46 -100%
1973 51 0.000016905 51 -100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 -100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 -100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 -100%
1977 65 0.000020463 65 -100%
1978 59 0.000018589 59 -100%
1979 79 0.000023745 79 -100%
1980 62 0.000018 62 -100%
1981 53 0.000015321 53 -100%
1982 53 0.000015108 53 -100%
1983 47 0.000013571 47 -100%
1984 52 0.000014905 52 -100%
1985 59 0.000016531 59 -100%
1986 61 0.000017149 61 -100%
1987 38 0.000010539 38 -100%
1988 58 0.000015697 58 -100%
1989 57 0.000014827 57 -100%
1990 77 0.000019481 77 -100%
1991 58 0.00001489 58 -100%
1992 63 0.000016401 63 -100%
1993 72 0.000019097 72 -100%
1994 72 0.000019367 72 -100%
1995 60 0.000016384 60 -100%
1996 65 0.000017822 65 -100%
1997 50 0.00001379 50 -100%
1998 60 0.000016312 60 -100%
1999 66 0.000017867 66 -100%
2000 76 0.000020106 76 -100%
2001 75 0.000020035 75 -100%
2002 102 0.000027285 102 -100%
2003 102 0.000026826 102 -100%
2004 130 0.000034023 130 -100%
2005 134 0.000034852 134 -100%
2006 160 0.000040443 160 -100%
2007 174 0.000043525 174 -100%
2008 171 0.000043504 171 -100%
2009 193 0.000050521 193 -100%
2010 260 0.000070351 260 -100%
2011 314 0.000085844 314 -100%
2012 433 0.000118391 433 -100%
2013 446 0.000122337 446 -100%
2014 528 0.000142457 528 -100%
2015 636 0.00017185 5 631 -98%
2016 729 0.000198708 729 -100%
2017 625 0.000174767 625 -100%
2018 621 0.000176626 621 -100%
2019 566 0.000163069 566 -100%
2020 514 0.000153866 514 -100%
2021 485 0.000143154 6 479 -98%
2022 428 0.00012651 428 -100%
2023 454 0.000137111 454 -100%
2024 735 0.00022082 8 727 -98%

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