Benedict

#814 for boys in 2025, 305 births

Peak · boys
#447
1914 · 115 births
Debut · boys
1882
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,475
since 1882

Benedict over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benedict has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #447, 1914boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#814305
2024#914256
2023#928245
2022#967234
2021#996220
2020#1,069187
2019#1,102179
2018#984210
2017#1,129169
2016#1,229152
2015#1,205153
2014#1,272140
2013#1,492109
2012#1,72987
2011#2,23258
2010#1,73987
2009#1,77485
2008#1,571101
2007#1,70089
2006#1,284130
2005#1,048158
2004#2,16454
2003#1,98758
2002#1,94357
2001#2,05051
2000#1,78261
1999#1,82454
1998#1,70060
1997#1,89049
1996#1,67157
1995#1,86446
1994#2,04140
1993#1,51261
1992#2,12836
1991#1,82343
1990#1,70247
1989#1,51654
1988#1,34159
1987#1,28358
1986#1,21762
1985#1,42947
1984#1,42245
1983#1,26553
1982#1,48742
1981#1,23655
1980#1,23855
1979#1,40744
1978#1,35246
1977#1,26849
1976#1,32045
1975#1,19150
1974#1,35140
1973#1,23844
1972#1,12952
1971#1,35239
1970#1,26043
1969#1,16845
1968#96857
1967#89365
1966#93860
1965#92065
1964#86078
1963#83882
1962#79990
1961#82586
1960#84280
1959#80889
1958#77792
1957#81885
1956#80985
1955#93364
1954#83375
1953#73894
1952#87864
1951#74986
1950#70196
1949#76481
1948#76079
1947#685102
1946#78571
1945#74368
1944#72074
1943#75174
1942#67392
1941#73371
1940#78263
1939#72668
1938#71972
1937#74267
1936#76763
1935#81458
1934#70874
1933#75765
1932#72973
1931#75667
1930#65489
1929#587105
1928#61798
1927#619102
1926#573115
1925#615104
1924#594114
1923#625104
1922#526140
1921#537135
1920#545127
1919#548119
1918#462163
1917#460152
1916#475146
1915#482133
1914#447115
1913#61551
1912#59946
1911#60525
1910#52429
1909#84012
1908#82511
1907#55919
1906#61315
1905#66613
1904#51518
1903#69611
1902#1,1375
1901#8587
1900#78511
1899#9286
1898#8048
1897#9426
1896#64112
1895#7958
1894#8577
1893—
1892#7489
1891#8416
1890#62910
1889#7897
1888—
1887—
1886#7587
1885#54712
1884—
1883#8925
1882#6918
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Benedict! It came in at #691, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Benedict
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 100 spots since 2024 (#914 → #814)
  • 255 spots since 2020 (#1,069 → #814)
  • 391 spots since 2015 (#1,205 → #814)
  • Biggest jump: 441 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #696)
  • Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1897 (#641 → #942)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1914 at #447 (115 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 54 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 88 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1903–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,600
  • Highest: 1 in 5,600 boys born in 2025 were named Benedict (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #447 in 1914, was only 1 in 5,694 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 13.8% of all boys named Benedict (1,447) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s39#547 (1885)#735
1890s72#629 (1890)#798
1900s122#515 (1904)#749
1910s979#447 (1914)#522
1920s1,144#526 (1922)#584
1930s696#654 (1930)#737
1940s775#673 (1942)#740
1950s830#701 (1950)#804
1960s708#799 (1962)#905
1970s452#1,129 (1972)#1,287
1980s530#1,217 (1986)#1,343
1990s493#1,512 (1993)#1,816
2000s844#1,048 (2005)#1,730
2010s1,344#984 (2018)#1,411
2020s1,447#814 (2025)#948

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Benedict in 1904

boys
#515
18 births · 1 in 7,118 boys

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #515Benedict18
More about 1904

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 7,118 of them was named Benedict, which outranked 63.1% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benedict
  1. #492Vance19
  2. #492Vivian19
  3. #492Washington19
  4. #515Benedict18
  5. #515Adelbert18
  6. #515Alden18
  7. #515Artie18
  8. #538Abram17
  9. #538Adolphus17
  10. #538Angus17

Tied with 22 names at #515; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 615Adelbert#1,130 → #515
  2. ↑ 592Hunter#1,130 → #538
  3. ↑ 564Mac#1,130 → #566
  4. ↑ 564Manley#1,130 → #566
  5. ↑ 483Hezekiah#1,130 → #647
Fallers
  1. ↓ 629Bessie#576 → #1,205
  2. ↓ 629Reynold#576 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 610Nat#595 → #1,205
  4. ↓ 586Minnie#619 → #1,205
  5. ↓ 586Ludwig#619 → #1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904 →