Benno
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEN-oh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Benno is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bear”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Benno mean?
Germanic: German and Dutch short form of Bernhard
“bear”
A German and Dutch short form of Bernhard; St Benno of Meissen, an 11th-century bishop, is a patron saint of Munich.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Benno a girl's or a boy's name?
Benno is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benno in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Benno, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Benno in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benno in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Benno
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Otto, Milo, Bruno, Henry, Emmett, Leo, Charlie, Everett, Archie, William, Theo, Alonzo
Names related to Benno
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
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, “Benno: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benno, updated 20 October 2026.