first name
BENEDICT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,647 people named Benedict, 56.7% reported their origin as White, 18.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 14.1% as Black. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Benedict peaked in 2025, when 305 babies got the name.
At least 10,475 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Benedict by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,093. The largest share of babies named Benedict, 24.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Benedict is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Benedict has been most common in Minnesota (3.4×), New York (3.2×), and Hawaii (3×), and least common in Georgia (0.24×).
5,817 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Benedict
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Benedict, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Benedict ranks #2,181 of 156,621, with 16,229 people. See Benedict as a last name
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