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How popular is the name Benedict?
Births per year, rank history and how many Benedicts are alive today.
Benedict (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 702nd in 2025 with 50 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1999, when 209 babies were given the name, the 165th most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 24% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Benedict you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Benedicts born in England and Wales are between 15 and 31, and there are at least 4,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Benedict.
How many babies are named Benedict each year?
Where does Benedict rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Benedict most popular?
Benedict peaked in 1999, when 209 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Benedict?
At least 4,700 people named Benedict born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Benedict?
Most living Benedicts are between 15 and 31; the most common age is about 28.
Is Benedict becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.