The first name Benita

In 2025, 4 girls were named Benita, making it the 4,867th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2005, with 14 births (#1,589).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Benita with other names.

In 2025, 11 girls born in the United States were named Benita, the 8,953rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1961, when 480 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Benita Ferrero-Waldner
  Austrian diplomat and politician, born 1948
• Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
  American hurdler (born 1961)
• Benita Hume
  British actress (1906–1967)
• Benita Johnson
  Australian distance runner, born 1979
• Benita Koch-Otte
  German artist and university teacher (1892-1976)
• Benita von Falkenhayn
  German baroness (1900–1935)
• Benita Valente
  American singer, 1934–2025
• Mayra Dias
  Brazilian journalist, model and politician, born 1991

• Lola
• Mila
• Amaya
• Alba
• Antonia
• Ximena
• Anita
• Catalina
• Magdalena
• Esmeralda
• Mercedes
• Alejandra
• Marissa
• Isabela
• Ramona
• Dolores

All 85 names of Spanish origin

What does the name Benita mean?

Borrowed from Spanish Benita.

What is the origin of the name Benita?

Borrowed from Spanish Benita.

How popular is the name Benita?

In 2025, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Benita, ranking 4,867th. Its peak was 2005, with 14 births.

Is Benita a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 13,669 US babies named Benita since 1880 were girls.

When was Benita most popular?

1961 in the United States, when 480 babies were named Benita, its highest rank at 445th.