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Ben Names for Boys

There are 7 Ben names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Ben names 1 to 7. Matthew was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English John, the English, French, and German Benjamin, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the English and Dutch Ben, and the English, French, German, and Hebrew name, Reuben. Benson (English) is an unusual Ben name.

Ben names are popular baby names for boys. In 1900, 6.700% of baby boys were given Ben names. There were 6 Ben names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Ben names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a heavy scale now. In 2008, 6 Ben names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.078%. Within all Ben names, the English Matthew was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #10 and a usage of 0.8061%.

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NAME MATCH:

Ben Popularity Trend of Ben
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 611 611 son, son of; son of ...The boy name Ben is pronounced as BEHN ... Ben's meaning is son, son of ...

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Benjamin Popularity Trend of Benjamin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 25 25 son of the south, son ...

Reuben Popularity Trend of Reuben
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 947 947 behold, a son ... meaning to see ; 'ben' meaning son ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 360 360 breath, vapor; son ... nicknamed Nab, in Ben Jonson's comedy The ...

Benson Popularity Trend of Benson
from 1900 to 2008. son of Benedict ... derivation from Ben, or else a local name ...

John Popularity Trend of John
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 20 20 Yahweh is gracious, ... (original name Yochanan ben Zechariah) who baptized ...

Matthew Popularity Trend of Matthew
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 10 10 gift of Yahweh ... it has been used in Ben Jonson's comedy play ...


Popularity Trend
for Ben Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Ben Names
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