Meaning and history
Ben is a short form of Benjamin, Benedict, and other names beginning with Ben; in Dutch it may also abbreviate Bernhard. A notable bearer was English poet and playwright Ben Jonson (1572-1637).
20062006: 455 births, rank #551
2007: 409 births, rank #611
2008: 405 births, rank #613
2009: 389 births, rank #644
2010: 337 births, rank #692
20112011: 344 births, rank #687
2012: 311 births, rank #743
2013: 310 births, rank #746
2014: 336 births, rank #717
2015: 331 births, rank #736
20162016: 354 births, rank #698
2017: 327 births, rank #732
2018: 351 births, rank #691
2019: 339 births, rank #720
2020: 313 births, rank #768
20212021: 327 births, rank #765
2022: 330 births, rank #765
2023: 311 births, rank #797
2024: 314 births, rank #800
20252025: 292 births, rank #843
Ben moved from #800 to #843 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 1,276 births.