How Many People Are Named Benita?
people named Benita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 34,045 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,669 babies named Benita in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
480 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of BENITO.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Benita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Benita alive today is about 58 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Benita first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1961, to 480 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Benita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #445, in 1961. In 2025 it ranked #8,951.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,951 |
| Best rank | #445 (1961) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #496 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Benita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Benita were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,187 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Benita was given 3.5 times as often in Texas, 2.3 times in Alabama and 1.8 times in District of Columbia.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.