Benita
#1,344 most common girls' name of all time · #2,335 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1889–2025
Rank among girls
#1,344
Rank overall
#2,335 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
13,669
Since 2016
127
Peak year
1961 #445
Best rank
#445 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 480/yr
Benita first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,881 |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2023 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,275 |
| 2022 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,568 |
| 2021 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,974 |
| 2020 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,985 |
| 2019 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,163 |
| 2018 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,182 |
| 2017 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,807 |
| 2016 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,005 |
| 2015 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,855 |
| 2014 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,665 |
| 2013 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,637 |
| 2012 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2011 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,751 |
| 2010 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,240 |
| 2009 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,100 |
| 2008 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,100 |
| 2007 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,537 |
| 2006 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,369 |
| 2005 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,814 |
| 2004 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,762 |
| 2003 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,911 |
| 2002 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,389 |
| 2001 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,021 |
| 2000 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,407 |
| 1999 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,210 |
| 1998 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,921 |
| 1997 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,170 |
| 1996 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,037 |
| 1995 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,654 |
| 1994 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,664 |
| 1993 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1992 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,845 |
| 1991 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,059 |
| 1990 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,102 |
| 1989 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,641 |
| 1988 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,991 |
| 1987 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,633 |
| 1986 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,658 |
| 1985 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,382 |
| 1984 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,351 |
| 1983 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,267 |
| 1982 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,118 |
| 1981 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,095 |
| 1980 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,101 |
| 1979 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,019 |
| 1978 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,001 |
| 1977 | 158 | — | 158 | #898 |
| 1976 | 136 | — | 136 | #941 |
| 1975 | 161 | — | 161 | #833 |
| 1974 | 156 | — | 156 | #843 |
| 1973 | 172 | — | 172 | #779 |
| 1972 | 209 | — | 209 | #695 |
| 1971 | 219 | — | 219 | #696 |
| 1970 | 286 | — | 286 | #606 |
| 1969 | 278 | — | 278 | #594 |
| 1968 | 278 | — | 278 | #576 |
| 1967 | 302 | — | 302 | #542 |
| 1966 | 311 | — | 311 | #535 |
| 1965 | 377 | — | 377 | #489 |
| 1964 | 371 | — | 371 | #510 |
| 1963 | 399 | — | 399 | #487 |
| 1962 | 449 | — | 449 | #454 |
| 1961 | 480 | — | 480 | #445 |
| 1960 | 475 | — | 475 | #447 |
| 1959 | 394 | — | 394 | #489 |
| 1958 | 345 | — | 345 | #522 |
| 1957 | 317 | — | 317 | #538 |
| 1956 | 283 | — | 283 | #557 |
| 1955 | 315 | — | 315 | #521 |
| 1954 | 297 | — | 297 | #517 |
| 1953 | 250 | — | 250 | #552 |
| 1952 | 243 | — | 243 | #553 |
| 1951 | 255 | — | 255 | #519 |
| 1950 | 190 | — | 190 | #607 |
| 1949 | 184 | — | 184 | #608 |
| 1948 | 163 | — | 163 | #652 |
| 1947 | 127 | — | 127 | #766 |
| 1946 | 122 | — | 122 | #737 |
| 1945 | 88 | — | 88 | #806 |
| 1944 | 86 | — | 86 | #821 |
| 1943 | 88 | — | 88 | #831 |
| 1942 | 84 | — | 84 | #832 |
| 1941 | 96 | — | 96 | #723 |
| 1940 | 79 | — | 79 | #799 |
| 1939 | 98 | — | 98 | #690 |
| 1938 | 92 | — | 92 | #715 |
| 1937 | 112 | — | 112 | #642 |
| 1936 | 134 | — | 134 | #564 |
| 1935 | 124 | — | 124 | #579 |
| 1934 | 123 | — | 123 | #590 |
| 1933 | 132 | — | 132 | #557 |
| 1932 | 79 | — | 79 | #763 |
| 1931 | 97 | — | 97 | #680 |
| 1930 | 78 | — | 78 | #806 |
| 1929 | 88 | — | 88 | #749 |
| 1928 | 71 | — | 71 | #868 |
| 1927 | 68 | — | 68 | #908 |
| 1926 | 82 | — | 82 | #801 |
| 1925 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,003 |
| 1924 | 81 | — | 81 | #837 |
| 1923 | 64 | — | 64 | #917 |
| 1922 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,069 |
| 1921 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,076 |
| 1920 | 57 | — | 57 | #976 |
| 1919 | 64 | — | 64 | #879 |
| 1918 | 69 | — | 69 | #866 |
| 1917 | 50 | — | 50 | #996 |
| 1916 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,034 |
| 1915 | 49 | — | 49 | #950 |
| 1914 | 40 | — | 40 | #937 |
| 1913 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,082 |
| 1912 | 30 | — | 30 | #934 |
| 1911 | 30 | — | 30 | #800 |
| 1910 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,021 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,263 |
| 1908 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,124 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,734 |
| 1906 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,136 |
| 1905 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,047 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,331 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,201 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,804 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,398 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,350 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,350 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,380 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,564 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,412 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,193 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,313 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,425 |