Benigno

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349

Peak · boys
1928 · 21 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,608
since 1913

Benigno over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benigno has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #1,647, 1928boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#12,3495
2023#8,2559
2022—
2021#12,1465
2020#8,7398
2019#12,1455
2018#7,13611
2017#7,09511
2016#7,15711
2015—
2014#6,63212
2013#7,02611
2012#7,55910
2011#6,57812
2010#7,08711
2009#6,80212
2008#9,0198
2007#4,99618
2006#5,52515
2005#7,6409
2004#4,42119
2003#4,27619
2002#3,90921
2001#4,30218
2000#4,20418
1999#4,53715
1998#3,70819
1997#3,35121
1996#3,02124
1995#2,68527
1994#3,21521
1993#3,50118
1992#2,36231
1991#3,32518
1990#2,12834
1989#3,32517
1988#2,96118
1987#2,55921
1986#2,42922
1985#2,71018
1984#2,15924
1983#2,49319
1982#2,11125
1981#2,33821
1980#1,85230
1979#2,31021
1978#2,13422
1977#2,27020
1976#3,09512
1975#1,83526
1974#2,27718
1973#1,87123
1972#1,64828
1971#2,68613
1970#2,29316
1969#1,72823
1968#1,96217
1967#2,24213
1966#1,65022
1965#2,36612
1964#1,90018
1963#1,69522
1962#2,11715
1961#3,0978
1960#1,69223
1959#3,0378
1958#1,72421
1957#1,75121
1956#1,76520
1955#2,30212
1954#1,88717
1953#2,53110
1952#2,8758
1951#2,13513
1950#1,81517
1949#1,94115
1948#2,02714
1947#2,25112
1946#2,14312
1945—
1944#2,6338
1943#2,07413
1942#2,38610
1941#3,1336
1940#2,8717
1939#1,71216
1938#1,90114
1937#1,82815
1936#2,4529
1935#2,7198
1934#2,02213
1933#2,7388
1932#2,19112
1931#2,32811
1930#2,7819
1929#2,45211
1928#1,64721
1927#2,29813
1926#2,07415
1925#2,19314
1924#3,0239
1923#2,22414
1922#2,80110
1921#2,9869
1920#3,2088
1919#3,7366
1918#3,7286
1917#2,9568
1916#3,5166
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Benigno! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Benigno is popular in 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedHITexas: #631 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,101 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Benigno, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#631 · 1 in 7,101

Best ever in a state: #493 in Texas, 1913.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Benigno
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1928 at #1,647 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52,743
  • Highest: 1 in 52,743 boys born in 1928 were named Benigno (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 14.2% of all boys named Benigno (228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s32#2,496 (1913)#3,286
1920s124#1,647 (1928)#2,491
1930s115#1,712 (1939)#2,267
1940s97#1,941 (1949)#2,384
1950s147#1,724 (1958)#2,182
1960s173#1,650 (1966)#2,045
1970s199#1,648 (1972)#2,242
1980s215#1,852 (1980)#2,494
1990s228#2,128 (1990)#3,183
2000s157#3,909 (2002)#5,509
2010s94#6,578 (2011)#7,602
2020s27#8,255 (2023)#10,372

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Benigno in 1937

boys
#1,828
15 births · 1 in 71,111 boys

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #1,828Benigno15
More about 1937

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 71,111 of them was named Benigno, which outranked 54.5% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benigno
  1. #1,756Waldemar16
  2. #1,756Wanda16
  3. #1,756Waymond16
  4. #1,828Benigno15
  5. #1,828Belton15
  6. #1,828Bernardino15
  7. #1,828Candido15
  8. #1,913Alf14
  9. #1,913Anne14
  10. #1,913Anson14

Tied with 84 names at #1,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,923Tyrone#2,629 → #706
  2. ↑ 558Lamont#1,540 → #982
  3. ↑ 540Lary#1,540 → #1,000
  4. ↑ 416Errol#906 → #490
  5. ↑ 399Levon#1,356 → #957
Fallers
  1. ↓ 492Gaston#989 → #1,481
  2. ↓ 461Gorden#827 → #1,288
  3. ↓ 432Sergio#940 → #1,372
  4. ↓ 371Landon#422 → #793
  5. ↓ 347Harlen#747 → #1,094

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937 →