first name
BENITO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,429 people named Benito, 90.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% as White and 3.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Benito peaked in 2025, when 226 babies got the name.
At least 14,804 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Benito by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,306. The largest share of babies named Benito, 18.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Benito is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Benito has been most common in New Mexico (9×), Texas (7.1×), and California (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.22×).
11,533 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.
Either side of Benito
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Benito, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Benito ranks #13,558 of 156,621, with 2,143 people. See Benito as a last name
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