Benedict
Boy · BEN-e-dikt · Latin
Benedict is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 763rd for boys in the UK (50 babies) and 814th for boys in the US (305 babies).
What does Benedict mean?
Latin
“blessed”
St Benedict of Nursia wrote the Rule followed by Benedictine monks, and many popes have taken the name.
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Is Benedict a girl's or a boy's name?
Benedict is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the UK and 305 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benedict in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #763among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were named Benedict, making it the 763rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 700th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 216 boys.
Half of all the boys named Benedict in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 702nd in England and Wales.
Benedict in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #763 |
| 2024 | 49 | #769 |
| 2023 | 60 | #657 |
| 2022 | 51 | #732 |
| 2021 | 59 | #681 |
| 2020 | 54 | #700 |
| 2019 | 44 | #788 |
| 2018 | 78 | #553 |
| 2017 | 94 | #483 |
| 2016 | 97 | #474 |
| 2015 | 143 | #363 |
| 2014 | 139 | #359 |
| 2013 | 121 | #381 |
| 2012 | 116 | #402 |
| 2011 | 96 | #444 |
| 2010 | 85 | #480 |
| 2009 | 86 | #476 |
| 2008 | 103 | #403 |
| 2007 | 105 | #383 |
| 2006 | 146 | #280 |
| 2005 | 192 | #216 |
| 2004 | 173 | #235 |
| 2003 | 182 | #215 |
| 2002 | 173 | #209 |
| 2001 | 179 | #204 |
| 2000 | 201 | #188 |
| 1999 | 216 | #176 |
| 1998 | 198 | #186 |
| 1997 | 206 | #185 |
| 1996 | 180 | #203 |
How popular is Benedict in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #814among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 305about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 305 boys in the US were named Benedict, making it the 814th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,069th. It first appears in the records in 1882.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most boys named Benedict of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Benedict in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benedict in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 305 | #814 |
| 2024 | 256 | #914 |
| 2023 | 245 | #928 |
| 2022 | 234 | #967 |
| 2021 | 220 | #996 |
| 2020 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 2019 | 179 | #1,102 |
| 2018 | 210 | #984 |
| 2017 | 169 | #1,129 |
| 2016 | 152 | #1,229 |
| 2015 | 153 | #1,205 |
| 2014 | 140 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2012 | 87 | #1,728 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 87 | #1,738 |
| 2009 | 85 | #1,773 |
| 2008 | 101 | #1,571 |
| 2007 | 89 | #1,700 |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,284 |
| 2005 | 158 | #1,047 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,160 |
| 2003 | 58 | #1,983 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 61 | #1,778 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 60 | #1,697 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,887 |
| 1996 | 57 | #1,668 |
| 1995 | 46 | #1,859 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 61 | #1,507 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,511 |
| 1988 | 59 | #1,337 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,281 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,216 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,236 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 44 | #1,407 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,320 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,238 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,129 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,352 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,260 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,168 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 65 | #893 |
| 1966 | 60 | #938 |
| 1965 | 65 | #920 |
| 1964 | 78 | #860 |
| 1963 | 82 | #838 |
| 1962 | 90 | #798 |
| 1961 | 86 | #824 |
| 1960 | 80 | #841 |
| 1959 | 89 | #807 |
| 1958 | 92 | #776 |
| 1957 | 85 | #817 |
| 1956 | 85 | #808 |
| 1955 | 64 | #932 |
| 1954 | 75 | #832 |
| 1953 | 94 | #737 |
| 1952 | 64 | #877 |
| 1951 | 86 | #748 |
| 1950 | 96 | #700 |
| 1949 | 81 | #763 |
| 1948 | 79 | #759 |
| 1947 | 102 | #685 |
| 1946 | 71 | #785 |
| 1945 | 68 | #743 |
| 1944 | 74 | #720 |
| 1943 | 74 | #751 |
| 1942 | 92 | #673 |
| 1941 | 71 | #733 |
| 1940 | 63 | #782 |
| 1939 | 68 | #726 |
| 1938 | 72 | #719 |
| 1937 | 67 | #742 |
| 1936 | 63 | #767 |
| 1935 | 58 | #814 |
| 1934 | 74 | #708 |
| 1933 | 65 | #757 |
| 1932 | 73 | #729 |
| 1931 | 67 | #756 |
| 1930 | 89 | #654 |
| 1929 | 105 | #587 |
| 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 | #605 |
| 1910 | 29 | #524 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 15 | #613 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 18 | #515 |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
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