Benigno — #12400 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benigno

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,608 babies named Benigno between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benigno currently holds the #12400 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benigno performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Benigno shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 435 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Benigno in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benigno 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 1,608 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.