Meaning not yet researched.
Benedict: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 305 in 2025. Its best rank was #447 in 1914.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #447 in 1914; #814 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Benedict in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#814 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1914, at #447.
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Benedict: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 305 boys in 2025. Peak: #447 in 1914 · most boys in one year: 305 (2025).
In 2025, 305 US boys were named Benedict, making it the 814th most common boys’ name of the year, up 100 places from #914 in 2024. That is 49 more than the 256 boys named Benedict in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #447, reached in 1914. The most boys given the name in a single year was 305, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,205 in 2015 and #701 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Benedict in 140 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 8 babies. In all, 10,475 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,447 babies named Benedict.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,157 US boys were named Benedict; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 305. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,600 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Benedict ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #292 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ben (85,816 babies since 1880), Bennett (74,854 babies since 1880), Benito (14,804 babies since 1880) and Bennet (2,176 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Benedicte are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ben and Bennie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Benedicte (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 21 | #292 | #798 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #297 | — |
| Kansas | 11 | #326 | — |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #442 | — |
| Iowa | 6 | #502 | — |
| Missouri | 11 | #522 | #663 |
| Virginia | 14 | #528 | #798 |
| Indiana | 11 | #588 | — |
| Ohio | 16 | #596 | — |
| Michigan | 13 | #605 | #990 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #629 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #631 | — |
| Colorado | 7 | #692 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #747 | — |
| Illinois | 11 | #758 | #782 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #784 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #789 | — |
| Maryland | 5 | #819 | — |
| Texas | 30 | #857 | #1,933 |
| Georgia | 10 | #857 | #1,106 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #947 | — |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,047 | — |
| Florida | 10 | #1,199 | #1,188 |
| New York | 6 | #1,599 | #1,366 |
| California | 10 | #1,604 | #1,051 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 305 | #814 |
| 2024 | — | — | 256 | #914 |
| 2023 | — | — | 245 | #929 |
| 2022 | — | — | 234 | #967 |
| 2021 | — | — | 220 | #996 |
| 2020 | — | — | 187 | #1,069 |
| 2019 | — | — | 179 | #1,102 |
| 2018 | — | — | 210 | #985 |
| 2017 | — | — | 169 | #1,129 |
| 2016 | — | — | 152 | #1,229 |
| 2015 | — | — | 153 | #1,205 |
| 2014 | — | — | 140 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | — | — | 109 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | — | — | 87 | #1,729 |
| 2011 | — | — | 58 | #2,234 |
| 2010 | — | — | 87 | #1,741 |
| 2009 | — | — | 85 | #1,775 |
| 2008 | — | — | 101 | #1,573 |
| 2007 | — | — | 89 | #1,700 |
| 2006 | — | — | 130 | #1,284 |
| 2005 | — | — | 158 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | — | — | 54 | #2,165 |
| 2003 | — | — | 58 | #1,989 |
| 2002 | — | — | 57 | #1,946 |
| 2001 | — | — | 51 | #2,055 |
| 2000 | — | — | 61 | #1,784 |
| 1999 | — | — | 54 | #1,825 |
| 1998 | — | — | 60 | #1,702 |
| 1997 | — | — | 49 | #1,892 |
| 1996 | — | — | 57 | #1,672 |
| 1995 | — | — | 46 | #1,866 |
| 1994 | — | — | 40 | #2,047 |
| 1993 | — | — | 61 | #1,513 |
| 1992 | — | — | 36 | #2,132 |
| 1991 | — | — | 43 | #1,829 |
| 1990 | — | — | 47 | #1,705 |
| 1989 | — | — | 54 | #1,519 |
| 1988 | — | — | 59 | #1,341 |
| 1987 | — | — | 58 | #1,284 |
| 1986 | — | — | 62 | #1,217 |
| 1985 | — | — | 47 | #1,431 |
| 1984 | — | — | 45 | #1,425 |
| 1983 | — | — | 53 | #1,265 |
| 1982 | — | — | 42 | #1,488 |
| 1981 | — | — | 55 | #1,237 |
| 1980 | — | — | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1979 | — | — | 44 | #1,408 |
| 1978 | — | — | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | — | — | 49 | #1,269 |
| 1976 | — | — | 45 | #1,320 |
| 1975 | — | — | 50 | #1,193 |
| 1974 | — | — | 40 | #1,352 |
| 1973 | — | — | 44 | #1,240 |
| 1972 | — | — | 52 | #1,130 |
| 1971 | — | — | 39 | #1,353 |
| 1970 | — | — | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1969 | — | — | 45 | #1,170 |
| 1968 | — | — | 57 | #971 |
| 1967 | — | — | 65 | #894 |
| 1966 | — | — | 60 | #938 |
| 1965 | — | — | 65 | #920 |
| 1964 | — | — | 78 | #860 |
| 1963 | — | — | 82 | #839 |
| 1962 | — | — | 90 | #799 |
| 1961 | — | — | 86 | #825 |
| 1960 | — | — | 80 | #845 |
| 1959 | — | — | 89 | #808 |
| 1958 | — | — | 92 | #777 |
| 1957 | — | — | 85 | #818 |
| 1956 | — | — | 85 | #809 |
| 1955 | — | — | 64 | #933 |
| 1954 | — | — | 75 | #833 |
| 1953 | — | — | 94 | #738 |
| 1952 | — | — | 64 | #879 |
| 1951 | — | — | 86 | #749 |
| 1950 | — | — | 96 | #701 |
| 1949 | — | — | 81 | #765 |
| 1948 | — | — | 79 | #761 |
| 1947 | — | — | 102 | #685 |
| 1946 | — | — | 71 | #787 |
| 1945 | — | — | 68 | #743 |
| 1944 | — | — | 74 | #721 |
| 1943 | — | — | 74 | #752 |
| 1942 | — | — | 92 | #674 |
| 1941 | — | — | 71 | #734 |
| 1940 | — | — | 63 | #782 |
| 1939 | — | — | 68 | #726 |
| 1938 | — | — | 72 | #719 |
| 1937 | — | — | 67 | #743 |
| 1936 | — | — | 63 | #767 |
| 1935 | — | — | 58 | #816 |
| 1934 | — | — | 74 | #710 |
| 1933 | — | — | 65 | #757 |
| 1932 | — | — | 73 | #729 |
| 1931 | — | — | 67 | #758 |
| 1930 | — | — | 89 | #655 |
| 1929 | — | — | 105 | #588 |
| 1928 | — | — | 98 | #617 |
| 1927 | — | — | 102 | #619 |
| 1926 | — | — | 115 | #573 |
| 1925 | — | — | 104 | #615 |
| 1924 | — | — | 114 | #594 |
| 1923 | — | — | 104 | #625 |
| 1922 | — | — | 140 | #526 |
| 1921 | — | — | 135 | #537 |
| 1920 | — | — | 127 | #545 |
| 1919 | — | — | 119 | #548 |
| 1918 | — | — | 163 | #462 |
| 1917 | — | — | 152 | #460 |
| 1916 | — | — | 146 | #475 |
| 1915 | — | — | 133 | #482 |
| 1914 | — | — | 115 | #447 |
| 1913 | — | — | 51 | #615 |
| 1912 | — | — | 46 | #599 |
| 1911 | — | — | 25 | #607 |
| 1910 | — | — | 29 | #525 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #845 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #829 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #560 |
| 1906 | — | — | 15 | #617 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #669 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #519 |
| 1903 | — | — | 11 | #702 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,159 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #864 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #789 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #946 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #808 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #948 |
| 1896 | — | — | 12 | #645 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #805 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #867 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #754 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #850 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #633 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #801 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #770 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #551 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #905 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #707 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).