BEN is ranked as the 279th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 243,578.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 76.39 people named BEN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named BEN is 42,283.
The SSA data also shows that BEN is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BEN is
76.0% White,
5.9% Hispanic origin,
12.1% Black,
3.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BEN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BEN is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
German Common surname
Hebrew surname
Biblical surname
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Spanish hypocoristics masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BEN
The state with the most people named
BEN is
California where
24,970 people have this name.
Montana is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BEN, as
193.89 in every 100,000
Montanans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Montana is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New York
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
6 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
10,318
80.11
99.6%
Indiana
6,687
101.37
99.3%
Iowa
2,594
83.47
98.9%
Kansas
4,072
140.21
99.0%
Michigan
4,575
46.17
99.5%
Minnesota
4,335
79.44
99.3%
Missouri
3,616
120.78
99.1%
Nebraska
2,602
138.28
98.6%
North Dakota
812
109.83
95.9%
Ohio
10,792
93.08
99.5%
South Dakota
1,229
144.07
97.2%
Wisconsin
4,163
72.31
99.2%
West States
State stats for the first name BEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,035
140.53
96.9%
Arizona
6,946
103.19
99.3%
California
24,970
64.35
99.8%
Colorado
6,368
118.9
99.3%
Hawaii
1,517
106.88
99.0%
Idaho
3,061
187.26
99.0%
Montana
1,985
193.89
98.4%
Nevada
2,293
80.76
98.6%
New Mexico
2,896
138.85
98.7%
Oregon
4,756
119.8
99.2%
Utah
5,077
172.5
99.2%
Washington
6,191
87.67
99.5%
Wyoming
886
151.65
97.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BEN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BEN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BEN.
The most popular full name is BEN Smith.
0.82% of all the people named BEN
have this family name.
There are 21829 last
names associated with this first name.