Boys' name · since 1912

Benedetto

881 babies named Benedetto in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#5,562 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,476 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
881
born since 1912
1920s
peak decade

Yes -- Benedetto is the #6476 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 881 recorded since 1912.

Benedetto has 881 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6476 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.

  • #5,562 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #6,476 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 881 born since 1912
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benedetto ranks #5,562 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,476 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 881 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.

#5,562 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,476 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
881
born since 1912
1920s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%53.5%
Benedetto vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Benedetto's 881 recorded births place it above 87.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Benedetto compares

881 Top 34% higher than 66% of 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Benedetto's all-time total is 139% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Benedetto Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 881 369 358,536
Peak-year births 21 34 22,252

Benedetto's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Benedetto splits its recorded history at 1970: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Benedetto popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1915)
21
Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
0510152025 191219251939196119741990200420202025 13

Benedetto by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (106 births, 12% of the file).

1920s was Benedetto's strongest decade.

106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.

Benedetto births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 106 births (12% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Benedetto compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Benedetto's total volume

Benedetto vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -50, 3.9%-109, 9.3%-79, 3.3%-64, 3.2%-55, 5.6%-57, 8.8%-40, 9.2%-133, 2.5%-52, 6.3%-60, 3.9%-67, 5%-84, 2.9%-31, 12.3%-23, 7.6%-145, 3.8%Benedetto-114, 2.4%Benedetto
Benedetto vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Benedetto by state

Where Benedetto concentrates geographically, total births since 1912

Regionally concentrated
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Benedetto
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
231 26.2%
#2 Michigan
10 1.1%
#3 Massachusetts
6 0.7%
#4 New Jersey
5 0.6%
New York share of Benedetto's total US births 26.2%
Even split

231 of 881 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Benedetto?
881 babies have been named Benedetto since 1912. All-time, it sits at #5,562 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #6,476 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 1915 with 21 births.
Where does Benedetto sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benedetto ranks #5,562 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,476 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Benedetto most popular?
Benedetto was most popular in the 1920s decade with 106 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
Where is Benedetto most popular?
The top states for the name Benedetto are New York (231 births), Michigan (10 births), Massachusetts (6 births).
How long has the name Benedetto been used?
The SSA has tracked Benedetto since 1912 -- 114 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Benedetto?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Benjamin, Ben, Bennett, Bentley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Benedetto's data

  • Benedetto's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (106 total births) through the 2020s (63) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Benedettos (231 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Benedetto

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Benedetto: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Benedetto draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.