Benno — #10960 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benno

The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Benno between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benno currently holds the #10960 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benno performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Benno shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Benno in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benno 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 297 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.