girls:
13.7k births since 1889
#1326 (77th percentile)
overall:
13.7k births since 1889
#2242 (71st percentile)
The name Benita is the #2,242 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,650 recorded births since 1889. This represents the 71.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,326 (76.8% percentile) for all time with 13,650 births since 1889.
Benita first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1889 (first recorded for girls in 1889). Birth data for Benita is available in 131 out of the 135 years between 1889 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Benita reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 46.5% percentile (ranked #422) with 231 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 231 births per million (ranked 46.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Benita ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 3.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Benita".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Benita. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.1% confident that Benita is pronounced as buh-NEE-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is beh-NEE-tuh, at 38.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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