Benito
Boy · Italian
Benito is a boys' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,002nd for boys in the US (226 babies).
What does Benito mean?
Italian
A male given name from Spanish and Italian, equivalent to English Benedict.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Benito a girl's or a boy's name?
Benito is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 226 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benito in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Benito in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Benito in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
How popular is Benito in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,002among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 226about 1 in 7,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 105% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 226 boys in the US were named Benito, making it the 1,002nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,600th.
2025 had the most boys named Benito of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Benito in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 233 boys in the US were given Benito or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #903, up from #1,002 for this spelling alone.
- Benito 226
- Bennito 7
Benito in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | #1,002 |
| 2024 | 172 | #1,193 |
| 2023 | 201 | #1,073 |
| 2022 | 191 | #1,113 |
| 2021 | 176 | #1,143 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,600 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,582 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,777 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,567 |
| 2016 | 79 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 88 | #1,740 |
| 2014 | 92 | #1,670 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,413 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2011 | 125 | #1,350 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,503 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,413 |
| 2008 | 146 | #1,205 |
| 2007 | 165 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 182 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,080 |
| 2004 | 156 | #1,042 |
| 2003 | 161 | #982 |
| 2002 | 147 | #1,043 |
| 2001 | 152 | #999 |
| 2000 | 174 | #893 |
| 1999 | 177 | #853 |
| 1998 | 166 | #870 |
| 1997 | 176 | #821 |
| 1996 | 198 | #753 |
| 1995 | 190 | #776 |
| 1994 | 193 | #755 |
| 1993 | 176 | #794 |
| 1992 | 196 | #737 |
| 1991 | 171 | #780 |
| 1990 | 164 | #789 |
| 1989 | 148 | #811 |
| 1988 | 139 | #804 |
| 1987 | 152 | #739 |
| 1986 | 167 | #701 |
| 1985 | 141 | #748 |
| 1984 | 157 | #696 |
| 1983 | 156 | #687 |
| 1982 | 175 | #657 |
| 1981 | 167 | #663 |
| 1980 | 179 | #648 |
| 1979 | 178 | #639 |
| 1978 | 154 | #673 |
| 1977 | 171 | #648 |
| 1976 | 174 | #621 |
| 1975 | 151 | #672 |
| 1974 | 166 | #624 |
| 1973 | 145 | #661 |
| 1972 | 143 | #671 |
| 1971 | 156 | #658 |
| 1970 | 164 | #634 |
| 1969 | 148 | #648 |
| 1968 | 159 | #603 |
| 1967 | 130 | #653 |
| 1966 | 120 | #678 |
| 1965 | 147 | #625 |
| 1964 | 170 | #603 |
| 1963 | 139 | #661 |
| 1962 | 130 | #678 |
| 1961 | 110 | #734 |
| 1960 | 130 | #687 |
| 1959 | 102 | #751 |
| 1958 | 147 | #632 |
| 1957 | 131 | #663 |
| 1956 | 131 | #664 |
| 1955 | 134 | #643 |
| 1954 | 139 | #626 |
| 1953 | 147 | #592 |
| 1952 | 125 | #627 |
| 1951 | 125 | #627 |
| 1950 | 136 | #581 |
| 1949 | 148 | #549 |
| 1948 | 116 | #628 |
| 1947 | 121 | #618 |
| 1946 | 124 | #577 |
| 1945 | 98 | #610 |
| 1944 | 92 | #642 |
| 1943 | 91 | #673 |
| 1942 | 79 | #722 |
| 1941 | 96 | #613 |
| 1940 | 91 | #622 |
| 1939 | 82 | #656 |
| 1938 | 75 | #700 |
| 1937 | 82 | #656 |
| 1936 | 94 | #597 |
| 1935 | 96 | #589 |
| 1934 | 103 | #582 |
| 1933 | 89 | #614 |
| 1932 | 81 | #677 |
| 1931 | 105 | #574 |
| 1930 | 102 | #605 |
| 1929 | 131 | #512 |
| 1928 | 117 | #567 |
| 1927 | 94 | #653 |
| 1926 | 71 | #765 |
| 1925 | 102 | #621 |
| 1924 | 121 | #579 |
| 1923 | 87 | #692 |
| 1922 | 87 | #698 |
| 1921 | 75 | #772 |
| 1920 | 84 | #705 |
| 1919 | 63 | #822 |
| 1918 | 58 | #869 |
| 1917 | 66 | #773 |
| 1916 | 44 | #964 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 23 | #598 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
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