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Bence

#8,345 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Vincent

Bence has been given to 212 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #8,345 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Bence, 2025

1 in 368,000

Bence over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bence: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Vincent

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bence means

Bence is a form of Vincent.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Bence → Vincent. The family’s meaning is “conquering”, recorded in English with the source elements vincēns.

Origin, language, and formation

Bence is used in Hungarian.

Bence comes through Latin Vincentius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Vincent.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Bence is pronounced [ˈbɛnt͡sɛ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 212 boys were recorded with the name Bence between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2008; its best national rank was #5,268 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,579 in 2020 to #8,345 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,840 in 2015 to #8,345 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bence?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,345
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bence sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bence. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bences were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bence was born before 2014 — so the typical Bence is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
37.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
212
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 37.7% of all recorded uses (80).

Is Bence rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+44
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−766
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+495
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.13×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
52.9%
Peak was 2008 (17)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,268
2008

Spellings of Bence

Bence is not the most common spelling — Bruce is, with 35.3% against Bence's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bence around the world

Where Bence ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2023
    #2,814
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2008–2016
    #601
    in 2016
  • Canada
    2010–2010
    #1,973
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Bence by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,345
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 766
Best rank ever
#5,268
2008
Peak year
2008
17 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
212
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Bence

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Bence

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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