The baby name Benita appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2007. It was most popular in 1961 with 615 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Benita has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 18 |
| 1911 | 36 |
| 1912 | 22 |
| 1913 | 16 |
| 1914 | 46 |
| 1915 | 50 |
| 1916 | 38 |
| 1917 | 52 |
| 1918 | 77 |
| 1919 | 37 |
| 1920 | 28 |
| 1921 | 15 |
| 1922 | 21 |
| 1923 | 35 |
| 1924 | 46 |
| 1925 | 23 |
| 1926 | 42 |
| 1927 | 57 |
| 1928 | 53 |
| 1929 | 94 |
| 1930 | 79 |
| 1931 | 96 |
| 1932 | 67 |
| 1933 | 116 |
| 1934 | 64 |
| 1935 | 158 |
| 1936 | 93 |
| 1937 | 75 |
| 1938 | 44 |
| 1939 | 66 |
| 1940 | 49 |
| 1941 | 58 |
| 1942 | 17 |
| 1943 | 97 |
| 1944 | 8 |
| 1945 | 18 |
| 1946 | 33 |
| 1947 | 45 |
| 1948 | 62 |
| 1949 | 126 |
| 1950 | 168 |
| 1951 | 228 |
| 1952 | 232 |
| 1953 | 261 |
| 1954 | 297 |
| 1955 | 315 |
| 1956 | 282 |
| 1957 | 342 |
| 1958 | 361 |
| 1959 | 466 |
| 1960 | 585 |
| 1961 | 615 |
| 1962 | 558 |
| 1963 | 418 |
| 1964 | 412 |
| 1965 | 445 |
| 1966 | 306 |
| 1967 | 319 |
| 1968 | 314 |
| 1969 | 324 |
| 1970 | 297 |
| 1971 | 231 |
| 1972 | 206 |
| 1973 | 169 |
| 1974 | 161 |
| 1975 | 128 |
| 1976 | 93 |
| 1977 | 134 |
| 1978 | 123 |
| 1979 | 111 |
| 1980 | 107 |
| 1981 | 97 |
| 1982 | 89 |
| 1983 | 62 |
| 1984 | 71 |
| 1985 | 72 |
| 1986 | 55 |
| 1987 | 23 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1989 | 30 |
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1991 | 17 |
| 1992 | 29 |
| 1995 | 19 |
| 1996 | 19 |
| 1997 | 19 |
| 1998 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 |