Benito
Benito was the 1002nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 226 babies. Its best year was 1929, when it ranked 513th; the most babies were born in 2025 (226). Over the last ten years it has moved up 741 places. More babies were named Benito in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,002 boys, up 600 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 226boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025226 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,804babies recorded
Benito popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 31 since 1937.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,002 | 226 |
| 2020 | #1,602 | 101 |
| 2010 | #1,503 | 108 |
| 2000 | #895 | 174 |
| 1990 | #794 | 164 |
| 1980 | #648 | 179 |
| 1970 | #634 | 164 |
| 1960 | #688 | 130 |
| 1950 | #582 | 136 |
| 1940 | #622 | 91 |
| 1930 | #606 | 102 |
| 1920 | #705 | 84 |
| 1910 | #600 | 23 |
| 1900 | #844 | 10 |
| 1890 | #634 | 10 |
| 1880 | #752 | 7 |
How popular is Benito, counting every spelling?
Benito is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #945 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,002 for Benito on its own. Together these spellings went to 233 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benito | 226 | #1,002 | 966 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Benito?
226 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Benito (0.06 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Benito born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 37 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Benito.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Benito?
About 10,800 people born in the US named Benito are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 21 and 56. That makes Benito mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Benito by state
How common Benito was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (2.4×), California (2.3×), Texas (2.0×), Illinois (1.9×). In 33 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Benito: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Benito, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Benito
How popular is the name Benito?
Benito was the 1002nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 226 babies. Its best year was 1929, when it ranked 513th; the most babies were born in 2025 (226). Over the last ten years it has moved up 741 places. More babies were named Benito in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Benito a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Benito in the US.
Where is Benito most popular?
In 2021–2025, Benito was most common in New Mexico (0.33 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arizona and California.