Benedict

Meaning: Blessed, well spoken of
Origin: Latin

Boy's name · #814 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Benedict is climbing: on the charts since 1882, it is ranked #814 in 2025, with about 310 boys given the name last year. Roughly 10,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#501 in Austria (2025) · #704 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,143 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,414 in Ecuador (2025) · #893 in Canada (2024).

Famous Benedicts

Benedict XVI — German Latin Catholic priest (1927–2022)
Benedict XV — Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922
Benedict of Nursia — Founder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)
Benedict XIV — Pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758
Benedict Cumberbatch — English actor (born 1976)

In stories & tradition

Benedict^pl — The Chronicles of Amber (book series)
Benedict Ravel — Prometheus (film)
Bénédict — Le timbre d'argent (musical stage work)

What Benedicts become

Among 342 notable people named Benedict:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Benedict Swingate Calvert, American politician and judge (1722–1788).

Similar names: Benicio · Lucio · Benson · Carlo · Augustine · Aurelio

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