Ben in Illinois
Babies in Illinois
2,820
since 1910
Rank in Illinois · 2025
#1,280
recorded as boys
Peak year in Illinois
1911
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ben in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,280 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 9 | 865 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 9 | 871 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 8 | 957 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,028 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 9 | 875 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 12 | 712 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 15 | 639 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,180 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 11 | 802 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 11 | 779 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 17 | 604 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,043 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 14 | 650 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 11 | 790 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 18 | 581 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 10 | 873 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 18 | 592 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 13 | 723 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 30 | 388 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 19 | 542 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 21 | 497 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 19 | 542 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 16 | 577 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 12 | 682 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 16 | 580 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 16 | 562 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 12 | 659 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 13 | 611 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 14 | 605 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 10 | 747 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 10 | 714 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 13 | 618 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 10 | 692 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 9 | 722 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 10 | 690 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 15 | 527 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 13 | 538 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 18 | 450 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 13 | 523 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 21 | 384 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 23 | 369 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 15 | 463 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 11 | 539 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 17 | 443 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 7 | 734 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 18 | 423 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 17 | 415 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 25 | 362 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 25 | 341 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 21 | 374 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 17 | 422 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 16 | 429 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 20 | 397 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 23 | 375 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 25 | 362 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 31 | 300 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 22 | 361 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 23 | 353 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 29 | 299 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 21 | 370 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 33 | 286 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 35 | 284 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 39 | 267 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 43 | 258 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 37 | 281 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 37 | 277 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 20 | 375 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 28 | 310 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 25 | 303 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 13 | 413 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 29 | 269 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 32 | 245 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 24 | 283 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 25 | 268 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 22 | 279 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 26 | 255 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 28 | 238 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 36 | 217 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 21 | 265 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 22 | 229 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 25 | 224 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 24 | 239 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 29 | 219 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 20 | 259 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 19 | 242 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 26 | 201 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 34 | 183 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 32 | 183 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 21 | 224 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 26 | 197 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 24 | 210 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 27 | 195 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 23 | 210 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 37 | 177 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 37 | 183 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 20 | 246 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 29 | 206 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 35 | 194 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 26 | 224 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 33 | 199 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 49 | 163 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 38 | 181 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 43 | 170 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 51 | 158 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 50 | 149 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 71 | 114 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 54 | 149 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 66 | 124 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 64 | 122 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 71 | 119 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 78 | 87 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 38 | 125 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 42 | 103 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 25 | 70 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 12 | 117 |