Benedict

maleStatistical record

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

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

Benedict: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #155, and it stood at #472 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
77times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#155highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2008

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2005	#4798
2008	#5545

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 boys in Republic of Ireland in 43 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #721 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #155 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #155 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #721 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Benedict appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 43 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 219 births with the name.

Benedict across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Benedict's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#155 (1964)	#155 (1964)	#472 (2024)	43 of 61	219 (1964–2024)	13 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#185 (1996)	#165 (1999)	#721 (2024)	29 of 29	3,497 (1996–2024)	209 (1999)
England and Wales · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#4373 (2003)	#5545 (2008)	3 of 6	9 (2003–2008)	3 (2003)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#247 (2005)	#247 (2005)	#282 (2006)	2 of 2	9 (2005–2006)	5 (2005)

Benedict by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Benedict in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	42	5 of 10	8
1970s	36	9 of 10	4
1980s	11	3 of 10	4
1990s	33	8 of 10	4
2000s	57	9 of 10	6
2010s	18	5 of 10	4
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Benedict appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #155 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Benedict'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	male	#721	49	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#651	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#641	57	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#690	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#787	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#504	77	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#454	91	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#442	93	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#341	136	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#341	132	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#350	117	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#370	114	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#420	94	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#449	84	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#447	83	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#382	99	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#376	97	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#263	139	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#211	177	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#217	170	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#205	176	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#198	173	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#195	172	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#176	196	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#165	209	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#174	193	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#171	200	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#185	176	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#247	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	10	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	7	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	9	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #155, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 209 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 41 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Bendik · #56, 58y
Benedek · #2175, 14y
Benedicta · #2781, 15y
Benedicte · #63, 67y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Finian · #155, 49y
Juliette · #155, 55y
Norma · #154, 56y
Fearghal · #153, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Alphonsus · #155, 16y
Ambrose · #155, 46y
Finian · #155, 49y
Juliette · #155, 55y

Benedict was ranked #155 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Benedict 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 Benedict without appearing here.

Benedict moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2022 they stood at #715 and #550 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #436 and #770.
Kenneth Compare
In 2023 they stood at #657 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #472 and #785.
Shane Compare
In 2019 they stood at #787 and #642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #690 and #921.
Braxton Compare
In 2023 they stood at #657 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #472 and #655.

Moved ahead of Benedict

Rian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #504 and #711 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #787 and #493.
Mathias Compare
In 2018 they stood at #504 and #584 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #787 and #541.
Mason Compare
In 2007 they stood at #314 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #472 and #252.
Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #690 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #641 and #433.

Moved the opposite way to Benedict

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Benedict went from #155 to #472 while Alexander went from #116 to #44.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Benedict went from #155 to #472 while Benjamin went from #139 to #74.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Benedict went from #155 to #472 while Conor went from #56 to #19.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Benedict went from #155 to #472 while Daniel went from #19 to #11.

Moved the same way as Benedict

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Benedict went from #155 to #472 and Adrian from #65 to #200.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Benedict went from #155 to #472 and Alfred from #134 to #430.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Benedict went from #155 to #472 and Denis from #21 to #195.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Benedict went from #155 to #472 and Edward from #18 to #144.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #155 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Benedict

Benedict at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benedict across 4 official records

Benedict by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Benedict appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Benedict

Benedict and the names beside it

Benedict moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Benedict

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Benedict at a glance

Benedict across 4 official records

Benedict by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Benedict appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Benedict

Benedict and the names beside it

Benedict moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Benedict

Moved the opposite way to Benedict

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