Benedict
- #814 for boys in 2025, 305 births
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 115 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,475since 1882
Benedict over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Benedict has never cracked the top 400 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #814 | 305 |
| 2024 | #914 | 256 |
| 2023 | #928 | 245 |
| 2022 | #967 | 234 |
| 2021 | #996 | 220 |
| 2020 | #1,069 | 187 |
| 2019 | #1,102 | 179 |
| 2018 | #984 | 210 |
| 2017 | #1,129 | 169 |
| 2016 | #1,229 | 152 |
| 2015 | #1,205 | 153 |
| 2014 | #1,272 | 140 |
| 2013 | #1,492 | 109 |
| 2012 | #1,729 | 87 |
| 2011 | #2,232 | 58 |
| 2010 | #1,739 | 87 |
| 2009 | #1,774 | 85 |
| 2008 | #1,571 | 101 |
| 2007 | #1,700 | 89 |
| 2006 | #1,284 | 130 |
| 2005 | #1,048 | 158 |
| 2004 | #2,164 | 54 |
| 2003 | #1,987 | 58 |
| 2002 | #1,943 | 57 |
| 2001 | #2,050 | 51 |
| 2000 | #1,782 | 61 |
| 1999 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #1,700 | 60 |
| 1997 | #1,890 | 49 |
| 1996 | #1,671 | 57 |
| 1995 | #1,864 | 46 |
| 1994 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #1,512 | 61 |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 36 |
| 1991 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | #1,702 | 47 |
| 1989 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1988 | #1,341 | 59 |
| 1987 | #1,283 | 58 |
| 1986 | #1,217 | 62 |
| 1985 | #1,429 | 47 |
| 1984 | #1,422 | 45 |
| 1983 | #1,265 | 53 |
| 1982 | #1,487 | 42 |
| 1981 | #1,236 | 55 |
| 1980 | #1,238 | 55 |
| 1979 | #1,407 | 44 |
| 1978 | #1,352 | 46 |
| 1977 | #1,268 | 49 |
| 1976 | #1,320 | 45 |
| 1975 | #1,191 | 50 |
| 1974 | #1,351 | 40 |
| 1973 | #1,238 | 44 |
| 1972 | #1,129 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | #1,260 | 43 |
| 1969 | #1,168 | 45 |
| 1968 | #968 | 57 |
| 1967 | #893 | 65 |
| 1966 | #938 | 60 |
| 1965 | #920 | 65 |
| 1964 | #860 | 78 |
| 1963 | #838 | 82 |
| 1962 | #799 | 90 |
| 1961 | #825 | 86 |
| 1960 | #842 | 80 |
| 1959 | #808 | 89 |
| 1958 | #777 | 92 |
| 1957 | #818 | 85 |
| 1956 | #809 | 85 |
| 1955 | #933 | 64 |
| 1954 | #833 | 75 |
| 1953 | #738 | 94 |
| 1952 | #878 | 64 |
| 1951 | #749 | 86 |
| 1950 | #701 | 96 |
| 1949 | #764 | 81 |
| 1948 | #760 | 79 |
| 1947 | #685 | 102 |
| 1946 | #785 | 71 |
| 1945 | #743 | 68 |
| 1944 | #720 | 74 |
| 1943 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | #673 | 92 |
| 1941 | #733 | 71 |
| 1940 | #782 | 63 |
| 1939 | #726 | 68 |
| 1938 | #719 | 72 |
| 1937 | #742 | 67 |
| 1936 | #767 | 63 |
| 1935 | #814 | 58 |
| 1934 | #708 | 74 |
| 1933 | #757 | 65 |
| 1932 | #729 | 73 |
| 1931 | #756 | 67 |
| 1930 | #654 | 89 |
| 1929 | #587 | 105 |
| 1928 | #617 | 98 |
| 1927 | #619 | 102 |
| 1926 | #573 | 115 |
| 1925 | #615 | 104 |
| 1924 | #594 | 114 |
| 1923 | #625 | 104 |
| 1922 | #526 | 140 |
| 1921 | #537 | 135 |
| 1920 | #545 | 127 |
| 1919 | #548 | 119 |
| 1918 | #462 | 163 |
| 1917 | #460 | 152 |
| 1916 | #475 | 146 |
| 1915 | #482 | 133 |
| 1914 | #447 | 115 |
| 1913 | #615 | 51 |
| 1912 | #599 | 46 |
| 1911 | #605 | 25 |
| 1910 | #524 | 29 |
| 1909 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #613 | 15 |
| 1905 | #666 | 13 |
| 1904 | #515 | 18 |
| 1903 | #696 | 11 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #641 | 12 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #629 | 10 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #547 | 12 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 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.
Where Benedict is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #287 | 21 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Nebraska | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Kansas | #324 | 11 | 1 in 1,277 |
| Wisconsin | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,130 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Missouri | #518 | 11 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Virginia | #525 | 14 | 1 in 2,661 |
| Indiana | #579 | 11 | 1 in 2,878 |
| Ohio | #595 | 16 | 1 in 3,283 |
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Illinois | #752 | 11 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Tennessee | #777 | 8 | 1 in 4,596 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Texas | #856 | 30 | 1 in 5,835 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| Florida | #1,191 | 10 | 1 in 9,553 |
| New York | #1,576 | 6 | 1 in 14,070 |
| California | #1,582 | 10 | 1 in 17,547 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Benedict
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 255 spots since 2020 (#1,069 → #814)
- Biggest jump: 441 spots in 1903
- Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1897
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #547 (1885) | #735 |
| 1890s | 72 | #629 (1890) | #798 |
| 1900s | 122 | #515 (1904) | #749 |
| 1910s | 979 | #447 (1914) | #522 |
| 1920s | 1,144 | #526 (1922) | #584 |
| 1930s | 696 | #654 (1930) | #737 |
| 1940s | 775 | #673 (1942) | #740 |
| 1950s | 830 | #701 (1950) | #804 |
| 1960s | 708 | #799 (1962) | #905 |
| 1970s | 452 | #1,129 (1972) | #1,287 |
| 1980s | 530 | #1,217 (1986) | #1,343 |
| 1990s | 493 | #1,512 (1993) | #1,816 |
| 2000s | 844 | #1,048 (2005) | #1,730 |
| 2010s | 1,344 | #984 (2018) | #1,411 |
| 2020s | 1,447 | #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.
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