# Benicio (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benicio/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,665 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,665 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 144, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Benicio.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 1,185 |
| 2012 | 166 | 1,112 |
| 2013 | 185 | 1,039 |
| 2014 | 128 | 1,344 |
| 2015 | 133 | 1,328 |
| 2016 | 209 | 978 |
| 2017 | 185 | 1,066 |
| 2018 | 245 | 888 |
| 2019 | 247 | 886 |
| 2020 | 306 | 773 |
| 2021 | 307 | 798 |
| 2022 | 329 | 768 |
| 2023 | 327 | 778 |
| 2024 | 339 | 754 |
| 2025 | 405 | 672 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.