Benito
Benito was given to 226 boys in 2025, #1,002 among boys’ names; 14,804 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,900 Americans named Benito and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 21 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Benito by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Benito mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Benito is “a male given name from Spanish and Italian, equivalent to English Benedict.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Benito?
#1,002 among boys’ names, 2025
Benito rose from #1,743 in 2015 to #1,002 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.05 to 0.13 per 1,000.
226 babies in 2025, the peak
Benito peaked in 2025, when 226 boys were given it, #1,002 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 172 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | #1,002 | 0.13 |
| 2024 | 172 | #1,193 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 201 | #1,074 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 191 | #1,114 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 176 | #1,143 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,602 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,582 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,778 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,568 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 79 | #1,877 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | #1,743 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 92 | #1,672 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,413 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,514 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 125 | #1,351 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,503 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,414 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 146 | #1,205 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 165 | #1,103 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 182 | #1,008 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,081 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 156 | #1,042 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 161 | #982 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 147 | #1,044 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 152 | #999 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 174 | #893 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 177 | #853 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 166 | #872 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 176 | #822 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 198 | #753 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 190 | #776 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 193 | #755 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 176 | #794 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 196 | #737 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 171 | #780 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 164 | #790 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 148 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 139 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 152 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 167 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1985 | 141 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 157 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 156 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 175 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 167 | #664 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 179 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 178 | #639 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 154 | #673 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 171 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1976 | 174 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1975 | 151 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 166 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 145 | #661 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 143 | #671 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 156 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 164 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 148 | #648 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 159 | #603 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 130 | #653 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 120 | #678 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 147 | #625 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 170 | #603 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 139 | #661 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 130 | #679 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 110 | #734 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 130 | #687 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 102 | #751 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 147 | #632 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 131 | #663 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 131 | #664 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 134 | #643 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 139 | #626 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 147 | #592 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 125 | #627 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 125 | #627 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 136 | #581 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 148 | #549 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 116 | #629 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 121 | #618 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 124 | #577 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 98 | #610 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 92 | #643 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 91 | #673 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 79 | #722 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 96 | #614 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 91 | #622 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 82 | #656 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 75 | #700 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 82 | #656 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 94 | #597 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 96 | #589 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 103 | #582 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 89 | #614 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 81 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 105 | #574 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 102 | #606 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 131 | #513 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 117 | #567 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 94 | #653 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 71 | #768 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 102 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 121 | #579 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 87 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 87 | #698 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 75 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 84 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 63 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 58 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 66 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 44 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,024 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,589 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 24 | #920 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 18 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 23 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 13 | #808 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 11 | #830 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 13 | #741 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 16 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,106 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,223 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 10 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 9 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 10 | #843 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 7 | #863 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 6 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 6 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 6 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 10 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 5 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 7 | #752 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Benito a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Benito has been given almost only to boys: 31 girls in 133 years of records.
Girls and boys named Benito: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Benito, and how old are they?
10,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 14,804 Americans ever recorded as Benito. The median Benito alive today is 37 years old; half are between 21 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 19,429 people named Benito (51 women and girls, 19,378 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,453 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 316 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,660 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,570 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,370 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,730 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Benito born?
The states with the most babies named Benito are California, Texas and Illinois, with 67% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 68 | #466 | 1.8× |
| Texas | 46 | #650 | 5.6× |
| Illinois | 14 | #640 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 8 | #1,367 | 0.5× |
| New York | 7 | #1,432 | 0.5× |
| Washington | 7 | #814 | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #558 | 0.1× |
| Colorado | 6 | #767 | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #690 | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 6 | #858 | 0.0× |
Where Benito is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Benito is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 5.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Benito with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 14,974 babies since 1880, Benito is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 226 of their 257 babies (88%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Benito
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Benito and names like it
- Compare Benito and BentoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBenito peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Benito since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Benito: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Benito.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Benito alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with BMost given first.