Benita

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births

Peak · girls
#445
1961 · 480 births
Debut · girls
1889
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,669
since 1889

Benita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Benita has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #445, 1961girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,86011
2024#11,1228
2023#7,24715
2022#8,54212
2021#5,95520
2020#8,95311
2019#8,13813
2018#9,15111
2017#8,77612
2016#7,98814
2015#5,83322
2014#7,63615
2013#9,61211
2012#5,71023
2011#9,72311
2010#7,21717
2009#6,09122
2008#7,07318
2007#5,52625
2006#6,35620
2005#5,80021
2004#5,74421
2003#6,88516
2002#4,38128
2001#5,00923
2000#4,40027
1999#4,20127
1998#3,91429
1997#3,16137
1996#3,02839
1995#2,65046
1994#2,66146
1993#2,67645
1992#1,84477
1991#2,05866
1990#2,10162
1989#1,63984
1988#1,98660
1987#1,63075
1986#1,65771
1985#1,38293
1984#1,35089
1983#1,26698
1982#1,117126
1981#1,093127
1980#1,097126
1979#1,019138
1978#1,001136
1977#898158
1976#939136
1975#833161
1974#841156
1973#778172
1972#695209
1971#695219
1970#606286
1969#594278
1968#575278
1967#542302
1966#535311
1965#487377
1964#510371
1963#487399
1962#454449
1961#445480
1960#447475
1959#489394
1958#522345
1957#538317
1956#557283
1955#521315
1954#517297
1953#552250
1952#552243
1951#518255
1950#606190
1949#607184
1948#652163
1947#764127
1946#732122
1945#80388
1944#82186
1943#83088
1942#83284
1941#71996
1940#79579
1939#68898
1938#71392
1937#640112
1936#564134
1935#578124
1934#587123
1933#553132
1932#75879
1931#67897
1930#80078
1929#74688
1928#86271
1927#90468
1926#80082
1925#99656
1924#82981
1923#91264
1922#1,05951
1921#1,07250
1920#96857
1919#87564
1918#86269
1917#98650
1916#1,02645
1915#94449
1914#93240
1913#1,06726
1912#91930
1911#79030
1910#99719
1909#1,21912
1908#1,08414
1907#1,6397
1906#1,10112
1905#1,01114
1904#1,2519
1903—
1902#1,13310
1901#1,6795
1900#1,3199
1899—
1898#1,2638
1897#1,2637
1896#1,2927
1895—
1894—
1893#1,4375
1892#1,2786
1891#1,0937
1890#1,2106
1889#1,2795
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Benita! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1893–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Benita
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,262 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #8,860)
  • 93 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #8,860)
  • 3,027 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #8,860)
  • Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1910 (#1,219 → #997)
  • Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1925 (#829 → #996)
Rise & fade · girls
72 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1961 at #445 (480 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1923–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,205
  • Highest: 1 in 4,205 girls born in 1961 were named Benita (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 27.2% of all girls named Benita (3,720) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s46#1,093 (1891)#1,262
1900s92#1,011 (1905)#1,271
1910s422#790 (1911)#940
1920s668#746 (1929)#915
1930s1,069#553 (1933)#656
1940s1,117#607 (1949)#756
1950s2,889#489 (1959)#537
1960s3,720#445 (1961)#508
1970s1,771#606 (1970)#831
1980s949#1,093 (1981)#1,422
1990s474#1,844 (1992)#2,829
2000s221#4,381 (2002)#5,727
2010s149#5,710 (2012)#7,978
2020s77#5,955 (2021)#8,447

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Benita in 1922

girls
#1,059
51 births · 1 in 23,549 girls

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #1,059Benita51
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 23,549 of them was named Benita, which outranked 81.7% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benita
  1. #1,044Marlys52
  2. #1,044Raymond52
  3. #1,044Willetta52
  4. #1,059Benita51
  5. #1,059Aleta51
  6. #1,059Berenice51
  7. #1,059Clemmie51
  8. #1,078Alvena50
  9. #1,078Atha50
  10. #1,078Felipa50

Tied with 18 names at #1,059; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1922 →