Benedict
#1,144 most common boys' name of all time · #2,713 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#1,144
Rank overall
#2,713 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
10,475
Since 2016
2,157
Peak year
2025 #815
Best rank
#448 1914
Girls
Boys
peak 305/yr
Benedict first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 305 | 305 | #815 |
| 2024 | — | 256 | 256 | #914 |
| 2023 | — | 245 | 245 | #929 |
| 2022 | — | 234 | 234 | #968 |
| 2021 | — | 220 | 220 | #996 |
| 2020 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 2019 | — | 179 | 179 | #1,103 |
| 2018 | — | 210 | 210 | #986 |
| 2017 | — | 169 | 169 | #1,129 |
| 2016 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,231 |
| 2015 | — | 153 | 153 | #1,207 |
| 2014 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2012 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,731 |
| 2011 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,233 |
| 2010 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,741 |
| 2009 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,775 |
| 2008 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,573 |
| 2007 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,703 |
| 2006 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,284 |
| 2005 | — | 158 | 158 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,168 |
| 2003 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,989 |
| 2002 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,947 |
| 2001 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,054 |
| 2000 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,783 |
| 1999 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,828 |
| 1998 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,703 |
| 1997 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,894 |
| 1996 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,674 |
| 1995 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,866 |
| 1994 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,049 |
| 1993 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,515 |
| 1992 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,131 |
| 1991 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,826 |
| 1990 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,708 |
| 1989 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,521 |
| 1988 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,342 |
| 1987 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,284 |
| 1986 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,220 |
| 1985 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,435 |
| 1984 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,430 |
| 1983 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,266 |
| 1982 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,493 |
| 1981 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1980 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,243 |
| 1979 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,411 |
| 1978 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,359 |
| 1977 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,269 |
| 1976 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,322 |
| 1975 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,194 |
| 1974 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,354 |
| 1973 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,240 |
| 1972 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,132 |
| 1971 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,362 |
| 1970 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,265 |
| 1969 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,173 |
| 1968 | — | 57 | 57 | #975 |
| 1967 | — | 65 | 65 | #895 |
| 1966 | — | 60 | 60 | #939 |
| 1965 | — | 65 | 65 | #921 |
| 1964 | — | 78 | 78 | #864 |
| 1963 | — | 82 | 82 | #841 |
| 1962 | — | 90 | 90 | #800 |
| 1961 | — | 86 | 86 | #830 |
| 1960 | — | 80 | 80 | #845 |
| 1959 | — | 89 | 89 | #809 |
| 1958 | — | 92 | 92 | #779 |
| 1957 | — | 85 | 85 | #819 |
| 1956 | — | 85 | 85 | #812 |
| 1955 | — | 64 | 64 | #937 |
| 1954 | — | 75 | 75 | #836 |
| 1953 | — | 94 | 94 | #739 |
| 1952 | — | 64 | 64 | #879 |
| 1951 | — | 86 | 86 | #754 |
| 1950 | — | 96 | 96 | #702 |
| 1949 | — | 81 | 81 | #766 |
| 1948 | — | 79 | 79 | #762 |
| 1947 | — | 102 | 102 | #687 |
| 1946 | — | 71 | 71 | #789 |
| 1945 | — | 68 | 68 | #746 |
| 1944 | — | 74 | 74 | #723 |
| 1943 | — | 74 | 74 | #759 |
| 1942 | — | 92 | 92 | #674 |
| 1941 | — | 71 | 71 | #736 |
| 1940 | — | 63 | 63 | #784 |
| 1939 | — | 68 | 68 | #728 |
| 1938 | — | 72 | 72 | #721 |
| 1937 | — | 67 | 67 | #746 |
| 1936 | — | 63 | 63 | #772 |
| 1935 | — | 58 | 58 | #817 |
| 1934 | — | 74 | 74 | #714 |
| 1933 | — | 65 | 65 | #759 |
| 1932 | — | 73 | 73 | #733 |
| 1931 | — | 67 | 67 | #762 |
| 1930 | — | 89 | 89 | #659 |
| 1929 | — | 105 | 105 | #589 |
| 1928 | — | 98 | 98 | #618 |
| 1927 | — | 102 | 102 | #625 |
| 1926 | — | 115 | 115 | #578 |
| 1925 | — | 104 | 104 | #616 |
| 1924 | — | 114 | 114 | #598 |
| 1923 | — | 104 | 104 | #629 |
| 1922 | — | 140 | 140 | #529 |
| 1921 | — | 135 | 135 | #538 |
| 1920 | — | 127 | 127 | #546 |
| 1919 | — | 119 | 119 | #550 |
| 1918 | — | 163 | 163 | #463 |
| 1917 | — | 152 | 152 | #463 |
| 1916 | — | 146 | 146 | #475 |
| 1915 | — | 133 | 133 | #484 |
| 1914 | — | 115 | 115 | #448 |
| 1913 | — | 51 | 51 | #625 |
| 1912 | — | 46 | 46 | #606 |
| 1911 | — | 25 | 25 | #619 |
| 1910 | — | 29 | 29 | #535 |
| 1909 | — | 12 | 12 | #873 |
| 1908 | — | 11 | 11 | #852 |
| 1907 | — | 19 | 19 | #587 |
| 1906 | — | 15 | 15 | #634 |
| 1905 | — | 13 | 13 | #696 |
| 1904 | — | 18 | 18 | #534 |
| 1903 | — | 11 | 11 | #724 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,216 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #906 |
| 1900 | — | 11 | 11 | #818 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #864 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,016 |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | #669 |
| 1895 | — | 8 | 8 | #848 |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | #912 |
| 1892 | — | 9 | 9 | #784 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #920 |
| 1890 | — | 10 | 10 | #658 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #848 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #825 |
| 1885 | — | 12 | 12 | #575 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #968 |
| 1882 | — | 8 | 8 | #750 |