Benoit
Benoit is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Benoit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Benoit is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Benoit
American parents first put Benoit on the record books as a baby boy name in 1912, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 14 Benoits were born — ranking #2,240 that year. About 21% of every Benoit on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Benoit last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 372 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Benoit
Benoit is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 372 births in the dataset. Benoit's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #2,240. Use the chart and map above to compare Benoit'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.