# Benno (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benno/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 306 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 306 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Ben + -o.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 11,555 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9,988 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,921 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,511 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,900 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,760 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,719 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,910 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,802 |
| 2019 | 7 | 9,882 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,770 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,855 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10,998 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,040 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,835 |

## People named Benno

- Benno Fürmann, German actor
- Benno, bishop and saint
- Benno Schmitz, German footballer
- Benno Adam, German painter (1812-1892)
- Benno Landsberger, German Assyriologist (1890-1968)
- Benno Elbs, Austrian bishop and theologian
- Benno Elkan, German Jewish sculptor (1877-1960)
- Benno Fiala Ritter von Fernbrugg, Austro-Hungarian flying ace (1890-1964)
- Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor (1891-1984)
- Benno Möhlmann, German association football player and manager
- Benno Sterzenbach, German actor (1916-1985)
- Benno Baginsky, German otologist (1848–1919)

## 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.