Benito

The name Benito is the #2,185 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,405 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 71.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #972 (78.8% percentile) for all time with 14,374 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #5,685 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 31 births since 1937.

Benito has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1937 for girls). Birth data for Benito is available in 131 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (131 years for boys and 6 years for girls). 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.

The name Benito has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Benito reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 25.1% percentile (ranked #510) with 97 births per million. The name was most common in 1929, with 118 births per million (ranked 23.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Benito ranks #715 for boys (21.5% percentile) with 110 births per million, which is 92.8% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Benito reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #776) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1991.