Boys' name · since 1880
Benito
14,773 babies named Benito in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,003 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,773
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
14,773 babies have been named Benito since 1880, making it today's #1003 boys' name.
Benito has 14,773 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1003 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #982 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,003 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 14,773 born since 1880
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benito ranks #982 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,003 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 14,773 born since 1880, peaking in the 1990s.
- #982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,003 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,773
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Benito's 14,773 recorded births place it above 97.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Benito compares
14,773 Top 7% higher than 93% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Benito's all-time total is 40x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benito | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14,773 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 226 | 34 | 22,252 |
Benito's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Benito splits its recorded history at 1959: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1887 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 226 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Benito popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 226
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Benito popularity over time - girls
31 total births recorded since 1937 (Benito as girls' name)
Benito by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,807 births, 12% of the file).
1990s was Benito's strongest decade.
1,807 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Benito births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 12
1880s
12 births
- 1890s 40
1890s
40 births
- 1900s 93
1900s
93 births
- 1910s 372
1910s
372 births
- 1920s
1920s
969 births
- 1930s
1930s
909 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,056 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,317 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,383 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,602 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,581 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,807 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,554 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,011 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,067 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,807 births (12% of all-time use).
How Benito compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Benito's total volume
Benito by state
Where Benito concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6,289 | 42.6% |
| #2 | California | | 2,601 | 17.6% |
| #3 | New Mexico | | 564 | 3.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 530 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 446 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 302 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 272 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 150 | 1.0% |
6,289 of 14,773 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Benito appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Benito's data
- Benito's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (1,807 total births) through the 2020s (1,067) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Benitos (6,289 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Benito: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Benito draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.