Names / Boy names
Benoit
Current rank
#6,500
and rising
All-time peak
#2,254
in 1922
First recorded
1912
in U.S. data
Children named
386
since 1912
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,254 in 1922 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Benoit first shows up in American naming records in 1912, where it reads as a boys' name. Usage has ticked up in recent years while remaining off the most-common lists. Only about 386 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.