Benito — #1196 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benito

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,546 babies named Benito between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benito currently holds the #1196 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 201 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benito performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,807 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Benito shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,243 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Benito in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benito 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 14,546 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.