Girls' name · since 1944
Beneta
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 36 babies named Beneta, peaking in 1944. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Beneta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 36 recorded since 1944.
Social Security Administration records show Beneta recorded 36 times among girls since 1944, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1959.
- #38,732 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1944
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beneta ranks #38,732 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1944, peaking in the 1950s.
- #38,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Beneta's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Beneta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Beneta's full recorded timeline at 1956, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1944 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Beneta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1959
- Peak year (1944)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Beneta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (23 births, 64% of the file).
1950s was Beneta's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Beneta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
13 births
- 1950s
1950s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 23 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Beneta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Beneta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.