Benigna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Benigna

The Social Security Administration has registered 95 babies named Benigna between 1915 and 1987, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Benigna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benigna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Benigna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Benigna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benigna 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 95 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.