Bento
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEN-toh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Bento is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Bento mean?
Latin: Portuguese form of Benedict
“blessed”
The philosopher Baruch Spinoza, from Amsterdam's Portuguese Jewish community, was also known as Bento.
Is Bento a girl's or a boy's name?
Bento is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bento in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Bento, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Bento in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
How popular is Bento in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 111% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Bento, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. It first appears in the records in 2016.
2025 had the most boys named Bento of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Bento in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bento in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
Nicknames for Bento
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Bento
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arlo Lando Enzo Albie Milo Theo Nico Kylo Kairo Luca Remy Atlas
Names related to Bento
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Bento: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bento, updated 20 October 2026.