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Benita

Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#8,858 for girls

Benita is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).

What does Benita mean?

Spanish

A female given name from Spanish.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Benita a girl's or a boy's name?

Benita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Benita in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Benita, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 16 girls.

Half of all the girls named Benita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 16 in 20062025
Benita in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20247#3,381
20238#3,098
20228#3,050
20210–
20204#4,744
20194#4,904
20185#4,204
20175#4,250
201612#2,363
20159#2,855
201412#2,320
20137#3,338
201214#2,103
20118#3,041
20105#4,220
20098#2,909
20089#2,663
200713#1,964
200616#1,614
200515#1,608
20049#2,226
20035#3,233
20028#2,231
20011#5,353
20005#2,907
19995#2,912
19985#2,855
19976#2,552
19967#2,201

How popular is Benita in the US?

Rank in 2025
8,858th among girls
Babies in 2025
11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Benita, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 480 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.

Half of all the girls named Benita in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.

1889Busiest: 480 in 19612025
Benita in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#8,858
20248#11,117
202315#7,242
202212#8,536
202120#5,951
202011#8,948
201913#8,134
201811#9,146
201712#8,772
201614#7,985
201522#5,831
201415#7,633
201311#9,607
201223#5,707
201111#9,719
201017#7,214
200922#6,088
200818#7,069
200725#5,523
200620#6,354
200521#5,795
200421#5,740
200316#6,880
200228#4,377
200123#5,004
200027#4,395
199927#4,197
199829#3,911
199737#3,158
199639#3,023
199546#2,645
199446#2,656
199345#2,671
199277#1,840
199166#2,052
199062#2,096
198984#1,635
198860#1,982
198775#1,629
198671#1,656
198593#1,381
198489#1,350
198398#1,266
1982126#1,117
1981127#1,093
1980126#1,097
1979138#1,019
1978136#1,001
1977158#898
1976136#939
1975161#833
1974156#841
1973172#778
1972209#695
1971219#695
1970286#606
1969278#594
1968278#575
1967302#542
1966311#535
1965377#487
1964371#510
1963399#487
1962449#454
1961480#445
1960475#447
1959394#489
1958345#522
1957317#537
1956283#556
1955315#520
1954297#516
1953250#551
1952243#551
1951255#517
1950190#605
1949184#606
1948163#651
1947127#763
1946122#732
194588#803
194486#821
194388#830
194284#832
194196#719
194079#795
193998#688
193892#713
1937112#640
1936134#564
1935124#578
1934123#587
1933132#553
193279#758
193197#678
193078#800
192988#746
192871#862
192768#904
192682#800
192556#996
192481#829
192364#912
192251#1,059
192150#1,072
192057#968
191964#875
191869#862
191750#986
191645#1,026
191549#944
191440#932
191326#1,067
191230#919
191130#790
191019#997
190912#1,219
190814#1,084
19077#1,638
190612#1,101
190514#1,011
19049#1,250
19030–
190210#1,133
19015#1,678
19009#1,318
18990–
18988#1,263
18977#1,263
18967#1,292
18950–
18940–
18935#1,437
18926#1,278
18917#1,093
18906#1,209
18895#1,278

Names like Benita

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Bonnie, Martha, Betsy, Billie, Jessica, Beatrice, Rebecca, Sara, Maria, Lola, Georgina, Diana

Names related to Benita

Binta, Bonita

More Spanish names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Benita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benita, updated 20 October 2026.