Benedetto — #10956 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benedetto

The Social Security Administration has registered 867 babies named Benedetto between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benedetto currently holds the #10956 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benedetto performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Benedetto shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 231 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Benedetto in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benedetto in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 867 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.