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How popular is the name Benito?
Births per year, rank history and how many Benitos are alive today.
Benito (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 15 babies were given the name, the 938th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2024 figure is roughly 27% of its peak.
The Benito you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Benitos born in England and Wales are between 19 and 33, and there are at least 270 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Benito - on average, only one in every 1,123 such rooms contains a Benito.
How many babies are named Benito each year?
Where does Benito rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Benito most popular?
Benito peaked in 1996, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Benito?
At least 270 people named Benito born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Benito?
Most living Benitos are between 19 and 33; the most common age is about 31.
Is Benito becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.