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Benedict

Pronounced /ˈbɛnədɪkt/

Rank in 2024
#913
Born in 2024
254
Peak year
2024 · #913
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 254 boys were named Benedict, about 1 in every 6,753.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1882.
  • 10,168 boys have been named Benedict since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Benedict per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 2,031 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 1,341 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,580 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 799 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 805 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,238 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,252 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, from Late Latin Benedictus, from benedictus (“blessed, well spoken of”), from Latin benedīcō (“to bless, to speak well of”). Doublet of Bennett, Benoit, and Benito.

  • (countable) A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈbɛnədɪkt/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Benedict, CC BY-SA 4.0.