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The name Benson peaked for girls at #11231 in 2024. Benson is also used for boys, ranking #435 in 2024.

The name Benson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Ben".

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Benson has outgrown its long association with a wisecracking TV butler with a fresh new association: singer songwriter Benson Boone. Parents may see it as an alternate route to nickname Ben, very different in image than the biblical Benjamin or the Latin Benedict, and more in tune perhaps with stylish with Bennett. 

Benson also carries the patronymic theme made popular by Jackson, Harrison, and Jefferson, and more recently, Olivia Benson of Law and Order: SVU has reclaimed this as a surname. On a less salubrious note, Benson is still connected to the cigarette brand Benson and Hedges, while in the UK, it is connected to a bed company.
 
More and more parents have been able to overlook the brand connections in recent years, however, and Benson entered the US Top 500 in 2024, when it was given to nearly 730 boys, compared to 450 the year before.

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The name Benson is currently ranked #435 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #428 in 2016. The name is most popular in BENSON, BENSON, and BENSON. Benson is occasionally used for girls in 2024.

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