Benito

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A few things about Benito you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Benito

Benito Floro

Spanish association football player and manager

Choose Benito and your child shares a first name with Benito Floro, a Spanish association football player and manager. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Benito, like who?” Benito Floro's Wikipedia article is available in 36 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: JuanJoséLP from Alajuela, Costa Rica, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 7,559 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Benito, 226 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Benito would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryBenito has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Benitos, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1929, when it reached #512.
• 🚀TrendBenito has climbed 598 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,002. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedBenito is most popular in New Mexico, where it ranks #360, followed by California (#465) and Oklahoma (#552). It's in the top 1,000 in 10 states.
• 💬MeaningBenito is an Italian form of Benedict, which means “blessed”. Our records link it to Italian and Latin roots.

About the name Benito

Benito is a boy name of Italian and Latin origin meaning “blessed”. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, starting with B and ending in “-ito”. US birth records list Benito for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 133 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1929, when it ranked #512 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,002, with 226 babies.

Origin:Italian namesLatin names