Popularity in Northern Ireland
Numbers
| Ben (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2023 | - | - | |
| 2022 | #82 | 0.309 | |
| 2021 | #95 | 0.256 | |
| 2020 | #65 | 0.408 | |
| 2019 | #60 | 0.437 | |
| 2018 | #64 | 0.422 | |
| 2017 | #38 | 0.580 | |
| 2016 | #46 | 0.523 | |
| 2015 | #34 | 0.608 | |
| 2014 | #38 | 0.614 | |
| 2013 | #32 | 0.662 | |
| 2012 | #38 | 0.623 | |
| 2011 | #23 | 0.827 | |
| 2010 | #19 | 0.890 | |
| 2009 | #19 | 0.977 | |
| 2008 | #15 | 1.151 | |
| 2007 | #10 | 1.366 | |
| 2006 | #9 | 1.599 | |
| 2005 | #9 | 1.605 | |
| 2004 | #6 | 1.969 | |
| 2003 | #8 | 1.734 | |
| 2002 | #8 | 1.839 | |
| 2001 | #21 | 1.161 | |
| 2000 | #20 | 1.223 | |
| 1999 | #30 | 0.846 | |
| 1998 | #39 | 0.713 | |
| 1997 | #41 | 0.690 | |
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