Benicio
Boy · ben-EE-see-oh · Latin
Benicio is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 672nd for boys in the US (405 babies).
What does Benicio mean?
Latin: Spanish name of uncertain origin
Best known from the Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro.
- Say it
- ben-EE-see-oh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Benicio a girl's or a boy's name?
Benicio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 405 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benicio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Benicio, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Benicio of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Benicio in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Benicio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Benicio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #672among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 405about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 405 boys in the US were named Benicio, making it the 672nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 773rd. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had the most boys named Benicio of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Benicio in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benicio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 405 | #672 |
| 2024 | 339 | #754 |
| 2023 | 327 | #778 |
| 2022 | 329 | #768 |
| 2021 | 307 | #798 |
| 2020 | 306 | #773 |
| 2019 | 247 | #886 |
| 2018 | 245 | #888 |
| 2017 | 185 | #1,066 |
| 2016 | 209 | #978 |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,327 |
| 2014 | 128 | #1,344 |
| 2013 | 185 | #1,039 |
| 2012 | 166 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 149 | #1,183 |
| 2010 | 131 | #1,309 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,390 |
| 2008 | 103 | #1,553 |
| 2007 | 129 | #1,323 |
| 2006 | 82 | #1,713 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,484 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,438 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,295 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
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