Benedetto
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- beh-neh-DET-toh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Benedetto is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Benedetto mean?
Latin: Italian form of Benedict
“blessed”
The Italian form of Benedict, from Latin Benedictus 'blessed'; St Benedict of Nursia shaped Western monastic life.
Is Benedetto a girl's or a boy's name?
Benedetto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benedetto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Benedetto, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1915, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more boys named Benedetto than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Benedetto in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benedetto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Nicknames for Benedetto
Names like Benedetto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Benedetto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benedetto, updated 20 October 2026.