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.
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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 278,010 of them was named Benito, which outranked 25.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,128Zenovia7
- #8,128Zephyr7
- #8,128Zora7
- #9,110Benito6
- #9,110Aaisha6
- #9,110Abbra6
- #9,110Abel6
- #10,411Abegail5
- #10,411Abigal5
- #10,411Abiola5
Tied with 1,300 names at #9,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 10,726 of them was named Benito, which outranked 90.9% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #658Rudolph170
- #661Brice168
- #661Nicholaus168
- #663Benito167
- #663Archie167
- #663Dario167
- #663Jeffry167
- #672Carey165
- #672Dorian165
- #672Jessica165
Tied with 8 names at #663; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.