# Benoit (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benoit/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɛnˈwɑː/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Benoist, Benois |
| US babies named this | 386 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 386 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 91, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Benoît.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | 8,240 |
| 1999 | 6 | 8,822 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,513 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8,554 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,781 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,044 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,377 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,576 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,709 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,502 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,901 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,693 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8,940 |
| 2023 | 12 | 6,944 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,500 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | 1,513 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Benoit

- Benoît Hamon, French politician
- Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Cameroonian-French footballer (born 1984)
- Benoît Costil, French footballer (born 1987)
- Benoît Badiashile, French footballer (born 2001)
- Benoît Trémoulinas, French footballer (born 1985)
- Benoît Magimel, French actor (born 1974)
- Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor
- Benoît Cheyrou, French footballer (born 1981)
- Benoît Pedretti, French football manager (born 1980)
- Benoît Paire, French tennis player (born 1989)
- Benoît Jacquot, French film director and screenwriter
- Benoît Cosnefroy, French bicycle racer

## 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.