Benigno
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- beh-NEEG-noh
- Origin
- Latin
Benigno is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “kind, gentle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Benigno mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Benignus
“kind, gentle”
Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino Jr., a Filipino opposition leader, was assassinated in 1983, a spark for the People Power movement.
Is Benigno a girl's or a boy's name?
Benigno is a boys' name.
How popular is Benigno in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Benigno in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benigno in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Benigno: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benigno, updated 20 October 2026.