Benedicta

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Benedicta: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Benedicta: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,781 in 2006, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2781highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2000	#3247
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2005	#2970
2006	#2781
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2019	#5591
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3142 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2781 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Benedicta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Benedicta in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	35	8 of 10	4
2010s	16	4 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Benedicta appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2781 in England and Wales in 2006.

Benedicta's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,781, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Benedek · #2175, 14y
Benedict · #155, 51y
Benedicte · #63, 67y
Benedikte · #95, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hermela · #2781, 20y
Janina · #2781, 19y
Makanaka · #2781, 10y
Mehrin · #2781, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Janina · #2781, 19y
Samaya · #2781, 21y
Kimia · #2783, 24y
Atalia · #2771, 14y

Benedicta and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Benedicta without appearing here.

Benedicta moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #5785.
Martine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #4764.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Benedicta

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2781 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #2085.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.
Malin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #4764 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #3681.

Moved the opposite way to Benedicta

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benedicta went from #3142 to #4843 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benedicta went from #3142 to #4843 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benedicta went from #3142 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benedicta went from #3142 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Benedicta

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benedicta went from #3142 to #4843 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benedicta went from #3142 to #4843 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benedicta went from #3142 to #4843 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Benedicta went from #3142 to #4843 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2781 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Benedicta

Benedicta at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benedicta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Benedicta appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Benedicta and the names beside it

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Benedicta at a glance

Benedicta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Benedicta appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Benedicta and the names beside it

Benedicta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Benedicta

Moved the opposite way to Benedicta

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