Benoit — boys' name

What the Data Says About Benoit

The Social Security Administration has registered 372 babies named Benoit between 1912 and 2023, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benoit currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benoit performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Benoit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Benoit in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benoit 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 372 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.