Benito

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #1,002 for boys in 2025, 226 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1929 · 131 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,773
since 1880

Benito over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benito has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #512, 1929boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,002226
2024#1,193172
2023#1,073201
2022#1,113191
2021#1,143176
2020#1,600101
2019#1,582105
2018#1,77786
2017#1,567104
2016#1,87579
2015#1,74088
2014#1,67092
2013#1,413118
2012#1,514106
2011#1,350125
2010#1,503108
2009#1,413119
2008#1,205146
2007#1,102165
2006#1,008182
2005#1,081152
2004#1,043156
2003#983161
2002#1,044147
2001#1,000152
2000#895174
1999#855177
1998#871166
1997#823176
1996#755198
1995#779190
1994#757193
1993#796176
1992#739196
1991#13,1475#784171
1990#793164
1989#814148
1988#805139
1987#739152
1986#10,9125#701167
1985#748141
1984#696157
1983#687156
1982#657175
1981#9,1106#663167
1980#648179
1979#639178
1978#673154
1977#9,6525#648171
1976#621174
1975#672151
1974#624166
1973#661145
1972#671143
1971#658156
1970#634164
1969#648148
1968#603159
1967#653130
1966#678120
1965#625147
1964#603170
1963#661139
1962#678130
1961#735110
1960#688130
1959#752102
1958#633147
1957#664131
1956#665131
1955#5,8285#644134
1954#627139
1953#593147
1952#628125
1951#628125
1950#582136
1949#550148
1948#629116
1947#618121
1946#577124
1945#61098
1944#64292
1943#67391
1942#72279
1941#61396
1940#62291
1939#65682
1938#70075
1937#4,2555#65682
1936#59794
1935#58996
1934#582103
1933#61489
1932#67781
1931#574105
1930#605102
1929#512131
1928#567117
1927#65394
1926#76571
1925#621102
1924#579121
1923#69287
1922#69887
1921#77275
1920#70584
1919#82263
1918#86958
1917#77366
1916#96444
1915#1,10034
1914#1,01930
1913#1,58012
1912#91824
1911#75918
1910#59823
1909#80413
1908#82511
1907#73513
1906#59016
1905#1,0916
1904#1,2055
1903#73410
1902
1901#7279
1900#83610
1899#8577
1898#1,1215
1897
1896#9826
1895
1894
1893
1892#9566
1891#8416
1890#62910
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Benito was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Benito
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 191 spots since 2024 (#1,193#1,002)
  • 598 spots since 2020 (#1,600#1,002)
  • 738 spots since 2015 (#1,740#1,002)
  • Biggest jump: 501 spots in 1906 (#1,091#590)
  • Biggest drop: 662 spots in 1913 (#918#1,580)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1929 at #512 (131 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 104 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1916–2001
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,558
  • Highest: 1 in 7,558 boys born in 2025 were named Benito (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #512 in 1929, was only 1 in 8,211 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 12.2% of all boys named Benito (1,807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#745 (1880)#833
1890s40#629 (1890)#898
1900s93#590 (1906)#839
1910s372#598 (1910)#940
1920s969#512 (1929)#656
1930s909#574 (1931)#625
1940s1,056#550 (1949)#626
1950s1,317#582 (1950)#642
1960s1,383#603 (1964)#657
1970s1,602#621 (1976)#650
1980s1,581#648 (1980)#716
1990s1,807#739 (1992)#795
2000s1,554#895 (2000)#1,077
2010s1,011#1,350 (2011)#1,599
2020s1,067#1,002 (2025)#1,187

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

Benito in 1955

girls
#5,828
5 births · 1 in 391,055 girls
boys
#644
134 births · 1 in 15,372 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #5,828Benito5

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #644Benito134
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 391,055 of them was named Benito, which outranked 13.4% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benito
  1. #5,208Yvonnia6
  2. #5,208Zeena6
  3. #5,208Zera6
  4. #5,828Benito5
  5. #5,828Abagail5
  6. #5,828Abelina5
  7. #5,828Adalene5

Tied with 904 names at #5,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 15,372 of them was named Benito, which outranked 85.4% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benito
  1. #638Monroe136
  2. #642Denver135
  3. #642Stacy135
  4. #644Benito134
  5. #645Bernie133
  6. #645Noah133
  7. #647Maynard131
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955