Benedict — #913 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benedict

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,168 babies named Benedict between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benedict currently holds the #913 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 254 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benedict performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Benedict shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,426 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Benedict in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benedict 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 10,168 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.