Ben

Hebrew

"son of"

Ben Origin and Meaning

Variation of Benedict

Ben Rank in US Top 1000

# 801 in the US

Ben Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 856 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ben

• 801 US 2024
• 720 Nameberry 2025
• 928 Future 2028
• 509 England 2024
• 124 scotland 2024
• 41 Ireland 2024
• 15 Germany 2024
• 168 Netherlands 2015
• 42 switzerland 2024
• 44 Austria 2024
• 53 Israel 2023

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Famous People Named Ben

• Ben Levite in King David's day (1 Chr. 15:18)
• Benjamin "Ben" Jonson English poet and playwright
• Benjamin "Ben" Schwartz American comedian and actor
• Ben Hecht American screenwriter
• Ben Feldman American actor
• Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Geza Affleck Boldt), American actor and director
• Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller American actor and director
• Benjamin Todd "Ben" Roethlisberger American football player
• Benjamin Thomas "Ben" Barnes English actor
• Benjamin David "Ben" Gillies Australian drummer
• Benjamin A. "Ben" Foster American actor
• Bennett Joseph "Ben" Savage American actor
• Benedict Martin Paul "Ben" Mulroney Canadian TV presenter
• Bennett "Ben" Cohen American co,founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
• Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson Sr., American politician and retired neurosurgeon
• Ben Lawrence brother of actress Jennifer Lawrence
• Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard American musician
• Benjamin Jon "Ben" Whishaw English actor
• Benjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson English painter
• Benedict "Ben" Carpenter English sculptor
• Joseph Benedict "Ben" Chifley 16th prime minister of Australia
• Hunter Benedict "Ben" Shepherd American bassist
• Ben Roy Mottelson American,Danish nuclear physicist and Nobel prize winner
• Ben Haggerty aka Macklemore American rapper
• Benjamin Scott "Ben" Falcone American actor, comedian and filmmaker
• Benjamin Michael "Ben" Seewald husband of reality TV personality Jessa Duggar
• Benjamin August "Ben" Eckstein American child actor; triplet brothers Alexander & Caleb
• Ben Vereen American actor, dancer, and singer
• Benjamin Arthur "Ben" McKee American musician of band Imagine Dragons
• Benjamin Schiff “Ben” Platt American stage actor
• Benjamin "Ben" Tyler Cook American actor, singer and dancer
• Ben Needham English boy who went missing on the Greek island of Kos in 1991
• Ben stage name of Lee Eunyoung; singer, songwriter, dancer, and former member of South Korean girl group Bebe Mignon
• Benjamin Levi "Ben" Ross American stage actor
• Benjamin "Ben" Halloran Australian international footballer

The name Ben in Pop Culture

• Ben Kenobi alias used by Obi,Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars: A New Hope"
• Ben Solo the given name of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" villain, Kylo Ren
• "Ben " 1972 horror film about a boy and his pet rat, Ben
• "Ben " song performed by Michael Jackson for the 1970s film of the same name
• Ben Geller Ross and Carol's son on TV's "Friends"
• Ben Warren character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
• Ben Elf character from TV series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
• Ben Healy cop character from TV series "American Gothic"
• Ben Grimm aka The Thing character in Fantastic Four comics
• Uncle Ben Parker character in the Spider,Man series
• BEN Drowned urban myth about a haunted "Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" cartridge
• Ben Chang character from TV series "Community"
• Ben "Zombie" Parish character from the book "The 5th Wave" by Rick Yancey
• Ben Linus character on TV's "Lost"
• Ben Davidson character on soap "One Life to Live"
• Ben Mitchell character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Ben Wyatt character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
• Ben Quadrinaros pod,racer in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace"
• Ben the Tank Engine Twin character on TV's "Thomas & Friends"
• Ben Jackson character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Ben Boykewich character on TV's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
• Ben Fitzgerald character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
• Ben McPhee character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
• Ben Bruckner character on TV's "Queer as Folk"
• Ben Braeden character on TV's "Supernatural"
• Ben Mitchell character in "Wolf Creek"
• Ben Westbourne character on TV soap "General Hospital"
• Ben Davies character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
• Ben Harper character on British TV's "My Family"
• Ben "Bonk" Knox character in DC Universe
• Uncle Ben's brand of rice
• Ben Brockman character on TV show 'Outnumbered'
• Ben one of the main characters of Cartoon Saloon's, Song of the Sea
• Ben Florian son of Belle and the Beast in Disney's Descendants
• Benjamin "Ben" Tennyson character in Ben 10
• Ben Cartwright a main character on TV's "Bonanza"
• Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Gates main character of the "National Treaure" movies
• Ben Cobalt character in the Addicted Series
• Ben Walsh character in "Flowerpot"
• Ben Aaronson Penderwick, character in "The Penderwicks" by Jeanne Birsdsill
• Ben Berry character in "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"
• Ben Copper a character in Hogwarts Mystery
• Ben Pincus a character from the "Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" TV series