Feminine dossier · first seen 1889

Benita

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Benita
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.3% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

480

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1889Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

98.3%

2024

All-time

13,658

Benita once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 480 girls were named Benita.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 98.3% from its peak.

All told, about 13,658 Americans have been named Benita and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1889.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.3% from peak

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