Benancio — boys' name

What the Data Says About Benancio

The Social Security Administration has registered 284 babies named Benancio between 1919 and 2008, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benancio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benancio performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Benancio shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Benancio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benancio in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 284 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.