Benedict

“Blessed, well spoken of” — Latin origin

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

Benedict has appeared in US records since 1882 — best rank #447 (1914) · 10,475 babies named Benedict all-time · 1 in 5,600 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,200 boys in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 5,200 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 5,400 boys in England & Wales (2025).

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

Famous Benedicts

Benedict XVI — 265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
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 — The Chronicles of Amber
Benedict Ravel — Prometheus
Benedict Pickwick — The Magicians

What Benedicts become

Among 328 notable people named Benedict:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Benedict Swingate Calvert, American politician and judge (1722-1788).

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