Benita
Benita is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Benita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Benita is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Benita
Benita first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1889, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1961: 480 births, good for #445 nationwide. About 27% of every Benita on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Benita ranks #8,993 for baby girls with 9 births, falling sharply (-19%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Benita
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About the name Benita
Benita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1889 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Benita's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #445. Use the chart and map above to compare Benita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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