Benilde — girls' name

What the Data Says About Benilde

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Benilde between 1921 and 1942, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Benilde currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benilde performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Benilde shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Benilde in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benilde 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 22 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.