How Many People Are Named Benigno?
people named Benigno are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 288,913 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,608 babies named Benigno in Social Security records from 1913 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
34 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Benignus which meant "kind, friendly" in Latin. This was the name of several saints including a 5th-century disciple of Saint Patrick who later became the chief Bishop of Ireland.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Benigno in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Benigno alive today is about 42 years old, and 50% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Benigno first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1990, to 34 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Benigno has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,652, in 1966 and 1972.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,652 (1966 and 1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,100 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Benigno alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Benigno were born in Texas than in any other state: about 252 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Benigno was given 8.6 times as often in Texas, 2.7 times in California and 1.3 times in New York.
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