Popularity in Ireland
Numbers
| Ben (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Times Used | |
| 2023 | #36 | 147 | |
| 2022 | #40 | 149 | |
| 2021 | #32 | 185 | |
| 2020 | #32 | 171 | |
| 2019 | #28 | 217 | |
| 2018 | #29 | 234 | |
| 2017 | #32 | 204 | |
| 2016 | #28 | 250 | |
| 2015 | #29 | 265 | |
| 2014 | #30 | 252 | |
| 2013 | #29 | 253 | |
| 2012 | #34 | 232 | |
| 2011 | #28 | 294 | |
| 2010 | #28 | 305 | |
| 2009 | #26 | 324 | |
| 2008 | #24 | 349 | |
| 2007 | #27 | 336 | |
| 2006 | #20 | 385 | |
| 2005 | #14 | 401 | |
| 2004 | #17 | 399 | |
| 2003 | #18 | 348 | |
| 2002 | #19 | 345 | |
| 2001 | #27 | 258 | |
| 2000 | #30 | 234 | |
| 1999 | #38 | 196 | |
| 1998 | #48 | 137 | |
| 1997 | #59 | 130 | |
| 1996 | #74 | 94 | |
| 1995 | #100 | 54 | |
| 1994 | #99 | 54 | |
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