Boys' name · since 1921
Benedicto
195 babies named Benedicto in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,118 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,173 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 195
- born since 1921
- 2000s
- peak decade
195 babies have been named Benedicto since 1921, making it today's #12173 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Benedicto recorded 195 times among boys since 1921, holding rank #12173 nationally today, ahead of 13% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2025.
- #13,118 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,173 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 195 born since 1921
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benedicto ranks #13,118 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,173 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 195 born since 1921, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,118 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,173 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 195
- born since 1921
- 2000s
- peak decade
Benedicto's 195 recorded births place it above 71.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Benedicto compares
195 37th percentile among 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
Benedicto's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benedicto | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 195 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Benedicto's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Benedicto splits its recorded history at 1986: 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 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Benedicto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Benedicto by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (45 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Benedicto's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Benedicto births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 13
1920s
13 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (23% of all-time use).
Benedicto by state
Where Benedicto concentrates geographically, total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 195 births nationwide.
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What to do with Benedicto's data
- Benedicto's decade-level peak was the 2000s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Benedictos (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Benedicto: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1921–2025 (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 Benedicto 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.