Benita — #11096 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Benita

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,658 babies named Benita between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Benita currently holds the #11096 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 480 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,720 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Benita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Benita in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benita 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 13,658 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.