Benita

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Benita: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Benita: Recorded since 1996, it reached #655 in 2003, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#655highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2411
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2000	#2746
2002	#2105
2003	#3099
2004	#2278
2005	#1589
2006	#1660
2007	#1854
2008	#2721
2009	#2759
2010	#4012
2011	#2893
2012	#1991
2013	#3160
2014	#2314
2015	#2945
2016	#2367
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2022	#2888
2023	#3598
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4012 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2010
Highest recorded position: #655 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Benita appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 209 births with the name.

Benita across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Benita's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1589 (2005)	#3318 (2024)	27 of 29	209 (1996–2024)	14 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#655 (2003)	#758 (2010)	2 of 8	7 (2003–2010)	4 (2010)

Benita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Benita in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	83	9 of 10	9
2010s	78	10 of 10	8
2020s	25	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Benita appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Benita's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #655, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Beniamin · #532, 20y
Benicio · #472, 17y
Benito · #938, 23y
Benjamen · #698, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Kemi · #655, 23y
Lela · #655, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aminat · #655, 18y
Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Azhar · #655, 28y

Benita was ranked #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Benita and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Benita without appearing here.

Benita moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4535 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3099 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #4157.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4686 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Benita

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2201.
Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1959.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2105 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #1472.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Benita

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benita went from #2096 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benita went from #2096 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benita went from #2096 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benita went from #2096 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Benita

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benita went from #2096 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benita went from #2096 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benita went from #2096 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benita went from #2096 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Benita

Benita at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benita across 2 official records

Benita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Benita appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Benita moved ahead of

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Benita at a glance

Benita across 2 official records

Benita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Benita appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Benita

Benita and the names beside it

Benita moved ahead of

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