Boys' name · since 1988
Benicio
Benicio has 4,665 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #673 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,665
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Benicio is the #673 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 4,665 recorded since 1988.
Benicio has 4,665 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #673 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #1,875 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #673 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,665 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benicio ranks #1,875 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #673 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,665 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #673 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,665
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Benicio's 4,665 recorded births place it above 95.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Benicio compares
4,665 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Benicio's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benicio | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,665 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 405 | 34 | 22,252 |
Benicio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Benicio's full recorded timeline at 2011, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 405 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Benicio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 405
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Benicio by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,013 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Benicio's strongest decade.
2,013 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Benicio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
855 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,778 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,013 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,013 births (43% of all-time use).
How Benicio compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Benicio's total volume
Benicio by state
Where Benicio concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,230 | 26.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 570 | 12.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 290 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 266 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 183 | 3.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 175 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 159 | 3.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 116 | 2.5% |
1,230 of 4,665 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Benicio appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Benicios (1,230 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Benicio: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
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, 1988–2025 (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 Benicio 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.