boys:
9.9k births since 1882
#1172 (74th percentile)
overall:
9.9k births since 1882
#2683 (65th percentile)
The name Benedict is the #2,683 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,912 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 65.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,172 (74.4% percentile) for all time with 9,912 births since 1882.
Benedict first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (first recorded for boys in 1882). Birth data for Benedict is available in 138 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Benedict reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 28.7% percentile (ranked #379) with 155 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 168 births per million (ranked 24.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Benedict ranks #673 for boys (26.2% percentile) with 134 births per million, which is 79.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Benedict".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Benedict. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Benedict is pronounced as BEH-nuh-dihkt, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BEH-nih-dihkt, at 8.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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