Benoit
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Benoit is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Benoit mean?
French
A male given name from French, equivalent to English Benedict.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Benoit a girl's or a boy's name?
Benoit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benoit in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Benoit in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Benoit in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Benoit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Benoit, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1922, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more boys named Benoit than any year since 1922.
Half of all the boys named Benoit in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benoit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Benoit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harry, William, Charlie, Oscar, Leon, Lewis, Harvey, Joseph, Reuben, Leo, Harley, Henry
Names related to Benoit
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
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, “Benoit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benoit, updated 20 October 2026.