Ben is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “son of.” In 2024 it was given to 313 boys in the United States.
Ben belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “son of” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ben first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #43 in 1889, and in 2024 313 babies received the name — 85,049 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ben means “son of” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ben is a boy name. In 2024, 313 babies received the name in the US.
Ben comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Ben first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #43 in 1889, and 313 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ben is pronounced /bɛn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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