Boys' name · since 1882
Benedict
10,475 babies named Benedict in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,176 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #815 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,475
- born since 1882
- 2020s
- peak decade
10,475 babies have been named Benedict since 1882, making it today's #815 boys' name.
Benedict has 10,475 recorded births among boys since 1882, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #815 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #1,176 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #815 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 10,475 born since 1882
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benedict ranks #1,176 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #815 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 10,475 born since 1882, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,176 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #815 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,475
- born since 1882
- 2020s
- peak decade
Benedict's 10,475 recorded births place it above 97.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Benedict compares
10,475 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Benedict's all-time total is 28x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benedict | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,475 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 305 | 34 | 22,252 |
Benedict's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Benedict's full recorded timeline at 1956, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1883, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 305 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Benedict popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 305
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Benedict by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,447 births, 14% of the file).
2020s was Benedict's strongest decade.
1,447 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Benedict births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 39
1880s
39 births
- 1890s 72
1890s
72 births
- 1900s 122
1900s
122 births
- 1910s
1910s
979 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,144 births
- 1930s
1930s
696 births
- 1940s
1940s
775 births
- 1950s
1950s
830 births
- 1960s
1960s
708 births
- 1970s 452
1970s
452 births
- 1980s 530
1980s
530 births
- 1990s 493
1990s
493 births
- 2000s
2000s
844 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,344 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,447 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,447 births (14% of all-time use).
How Benedict 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 Benedict's total volume
Benedict by state
Where Benedict concentrates geographically, total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,432 | 13.7% |
| #2 | California | | 652 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 499 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 441 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 367 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Texas | | 336 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 286 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 252 | 2.4% |
1,432 of 10,475 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Benedict appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Benedicts (1,432 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Benedict: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~143 yrs)
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, 1882–2025 (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 Benedict 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.