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
- Peak · boys
- 1929 · 131 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,773since 1880
Benito over time
Rank among boys' names. Benito has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,002 | 226 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,193 | 172 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,073 | 201 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,113 | 191 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,143 | 176 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,600 | 101 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,582 | 105 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,777 | 86 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,567 | 104 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,875 | 79 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,740 | 88 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,670 | 92 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,413 | 118 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,514 | 106 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,350 | 125 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,503 | 108 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,413 | 119 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,205 | 146 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,102 | 165 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,008 | 182 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,081 | 152 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,043 | 156 | |
| 2003 | — | #983 | 161 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,044 | 147 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,000 | 152 | |
| 2000 | — | #895 | 174 | |
| 1999 | — | #855 | 177 | |
| 1998 | — | #871 | 166 | |
| 1997 | — | #823 | 176 | |
| 1996 | — | #755 | 198 | |
| 1995 | — | #779 | 190 | |
| 1994 | — | #757 | 193 | |
| 1993 | — | #796 | 176 | |
| 1992 | — | #739 | 196 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #784 | 171 |
| 1990 | — | #793 | 164 | |
| 1989 | — | #814 | 148 | |
| 1988 | — | #805 | 139 | |
| 1987 | — | #739 | 152 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #701 | 167 |
| 1985 | — | #748 | 141 | |
| 1984 | — | #696 | 157 | |
| 1983 | — | #687 | 156 | |
| 1982 | — | #657 | 175 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #663 | 167 |
| 1980 | — | #648 | 179 | |
| 1979 | — | #639 | 178 | |
| 1978 | — | #673 | 154 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #648 | 171 |
| 1976 | — | #621 | 174 | |
| 1975 | — | #672 | 151 | |
| 1974 | — | #624 | 166 | |
| 1973 | — | #661 | 145 | |
| 1972 | — | #671 | 143 | |
| 1971 | — | #658 | 156 | |
| 1970 | — | #634 | 164 | |
| 1969 | — | #648 | 148 | |
| 1968 | — | #603 | 159 | |
| 1967 | — | #653 | 130 | |
| 1966 | — | #678 | 120 | |
| 1965 | — | #625 | 147 | |
| 1964 | — | #603 | 170 | |
| 1963 | — | #661 | 139 | |
| 1962 | — | #678 | 130 | |
| 1961 | — | #735 | 110 | |
| 1960 | — | #688 | 130 | |
| 1959 | — | #752 | 102 | |
| 1958 | — | #633 | 147 | |
| 1957 | — | #664 | 131 | |
| 1956 | — | #665 | 131 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #644 | 134 |
| 1954 | — | #627 | 139 | |
| 1953 | — | #593 | 147 | |
| 1952 | — | #628 | 125 | |
| 1951 | — | #628 | 125 | |
| 1950 | — | #582 | 136 | |
| 1949 | — | #550 | 148 | |
| 1948 | — | #629 | 116 | |
| 1947 | — | #618 | 121 | |
| 1946 | — | #577 | 124 | |
| 1945 | — | #610 | 98 | |
| 1944 | — | #642 | 92 | |
| 1943 | — | #673 | 91 | |
| 1942 | — | #722 | 79 | |
| 1941 | — | #613 | 96 | |
| 1940 | — | #622 | 91 | |
| 1939 | — | #656 | 82 | |
| 1938 | — | #700 | 75 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #656 | 82 |
| 1936 | — | #597 | 94 | |
| 1935 | — | #589 | 96 | |
| 1934 | — | #582 | 103 | |
| 1933 | — | #614 | 89 | |
| 1932 | — | #677 | 81 | |
| 1931 | — | #574 | 105 | |
| 1930 | — | #605 | 102 | |
| 1929 | — | #512 | 131 | |
| 1928 | — | #567 | 117 | |
| 1927 | — | #653 | 94 | |
| 1926 | — | #765 | 71 | |
| 1925 | — | #621 | 102 | |
| 1924 | — | #579 | 121 | |
| 1923 | — | #692 | 87 | |
| 1922 | — | #698 | 87 | |
| 1921 | — | #772 | 75 | |
| 1920 | — | #705 | 84 | |
| 1919 | — | #822 | 63 | |
| 1918 | — | #869 | 58 | |
| 1917 | — | #773 | 66 | |
| 1916 | — | #964 | 44 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #918 | 24 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #590 | 16 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
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.
Where Benito is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#322 · 1 in 2,239
- California#681 · 1 in 16,331
- Illinois#728 · 1 in 23,269
- New York#916 · 1 in 36,182
Best ever in a state: #46 in New Mexico, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #322 | 55 | 1 in 2,239 |
| California | #681 | 11 | 1 in 16,331 |
| Illinois | #728 | 5 | 1 in 23,269 |
| New York | #916 | 5 | 1 in 36,182 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Benito
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1929 at #512 (131 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1916–2001
- 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
- 12.2% of all boys named Benito (1,807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #745 (1880) | #833 |
| 1890s | 40 | #629 (1890) | #898 |
| 1900s | 93 | #590 (1906) | #839 |
| 1910s | 372 | #598 (1910) | #940 |
| 1920s | 969 | #512 (1929) | #656 |
| 1930s | 909 | #574 (1931) | #625 |
| 1940s | 1,056 | #550 (1949) | #626 |
| 1950s | 1,317 | #582 (1950) | #642 |
| 1960s | 1,383 | #603 (1964) | #657 |
| 1970s | 1,602 | #621 (1976) | #650 |
| 1980s | 1,581 | #648 (1980) | #716 |
| 1990s | 1,807 | #739 (1992) | #795 |
| 2000s | 1,554 | #895 (2000) | #1,077 |
| 2010s | 1,011 | #1,350 (2011) | #1,599 |
| 2020s | 1,067 | #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 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 20,927 of them was named Benito, which outranked 83.6% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).