Benita
Benita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 445th, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1961480 births
- Best rank
- #445in 1961
- Since 1889
- 13,658people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,658 girls have been named Benita in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 480 births.
The name has all but left use: 8 births in 2024, against 480 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1960s alone account for 27%. It has spent 63 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Benita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 46 | |
| 1900s | 92 | |
| 1910s | 422 | |
| 1920s | 668 | |
| 1930s | 1,069 | |
| 1940s | 1,117 | |
| 1950s | 2,889 | |
| 1960s | 3,720 | |
| 1970s | 1,771 | |
| 1980s | 949 | |
| 1990s | 474 | |
| 2000s | 221 | |
| 2010s | 149 | |
| 2020s | 66 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Benita was the 445th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Benita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cherriepeak 1956
- Nannettepeak 1963
- Vernitapeak 1961
- Annettepeak 1960
- Fondapeak 1963
- Nildapeak 1957
- Mitziepeak 1962
- Coleenpeak 1959
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.