# Benito (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benito/  
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 | 14,804 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,773 / 31 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 159, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 5 | 4,309 |
| 1955 | 5 | 5,897 |
| 1977 | 5 | 9,779 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,230 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,079 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,389 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 125 | 1,351 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,514 |
| 2013 | 118 | 1,413 |
| 2014 | 92 | 1,672 |
| 2015 | 88 | 1,743 |
| 2016 | 79 | 1,877 |
| 2017 | 104 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 86 | 1,778 |
| 2019 | 105 | 1,582 |
| 2020 | 101 | 1,602 |
| 2021 | 176 | 1,143 |
| 2022 | 191 | 1,114 |
| 2023 | 201 | 1,074 |
| 2024 | 172 | 1,193 |
| 2025 | 226 | 1,002 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | 1,878 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,174 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,126 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Benito

- Benito Raman, Belgian footballer
- Benito Martinez, American actor
- Benito Carvajales, Cuban footballer
- Benito Sanz y Forés, Catholic cardinal (1828-1895)
- Benito Lynch, Argentine writer (1885–1951)
- Benito Villegas, Argentine chess player (1877-1952)
- Benito Quinquela Martín, Argentinian painter (1890-1977)
- Benito Ramírez del Toro, association football player
- Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano, Bishop and last Grand Inquisitor
- Ben Carruthers, American actor (1936-1983)
- Benny Drama, American comedian and actor

## 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.