Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “son of Benedict.”
20062006: 160 births, rank #1,097
2007: 174 births, rank #1,070
2008: 171 births, rank #1,089
2009: 193 births, rank #1,014
2010: 260 births, rank #823
20112011: 314 births, rank #724
2012: 433 births, rank #590
2013: 447 births, rank #574
2014: 528 births, rank #525
2015: 631 births, rank #472
20162016: 729 births, rank #428
2017: 625 births, rank #475
2018: 621 births, rank #468
2019: 566 births, rank #507
2020: 514 births, rank #552
20212021: 479 births, rank #582
2022: 428 births, rank #645
2023: 454 births, rank #617
2024: 729 births, rank #436
20252025: 1,214 births, rank #279
Benson rose from #436 to #279 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 1,214.