Beno

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Beno has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Beno, 2003

1 in 760,000

Beno over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Beno: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Beno means

Beno is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Beno is used in Slovene.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovene, Beno is pronounced /béːnɔ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Beno between 1917 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1917; its best national rank was #3,590 in 1917.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Beno?

Beno had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2003: 1 in 760,000; 5 of 3,801,425 births
Among boys only: 1 in 395,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2003: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 526,991 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Beno sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2003 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 526,991 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Beno. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Benos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Beno was born before 1923 — so the typical Beno is around 102 today.

Median birth year: 1923; About 102 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Beno rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (6)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,590; 1917

Spellings of Beno

Beno is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 22.9% against Beno's <0.01%.

Leo22.9%259,988
Brent12.3%139,799
Gene11.2%126,877
Ben7.5%85,349
Kent6.1%69,322
Beau5.8%65,592
Rene4.5%50,940
Benny4.3%48,500

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Beno by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,590; 1917
Peak year: 1917; 6 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 2003
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Beno

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Beny Benni Bentzy Benas Benek Beni Akeno Benelli Benie Xeno Bengi Benten Benham Bengt Bennito Bento Benje Bentz Bengy Benet Benyam Benjin Benz Bence

Sibling names for Beno

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

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