first name
BENITA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,084 people named Benita, 35.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 28.6% as Black and 27.7% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Benita peaked in 1961, when 480 babies got the name.
At least 13,669 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Benita by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #896. The largest share of babies named Benita, 41.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Benita is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Benita has been most common in Texas (2.9×), Alabama (2.4×), and District of Columbia (2.4×), and least common in Minnesota (0.23×).
9,673 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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