Benedicte

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Benedicte: Recorded since 1946, it reached #63 in 1990, and it stood at #439 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
79times a registrar ranked it
77years from first to last
#63highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Benedicte's record

Moved 221 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2015

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#2466
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2015	#4736

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 Norway in 67 of the 77 years from 1946 to 2022.

In 2015: #432 among girls in Norway, #4736 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1946–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #391 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2022
Highest recorded position: #63 among girls in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1946–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #439 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls

Benedicte appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 67 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 2,760 births with the name.

Benedicte across 2 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.

Benedicte'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
Norway · Girls	#391 (1946)	#63 (1990)	#439 (2022)	67 of 77	2,760 (1946–2022)	137 (1990)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#2466 (2001)	#4736 (2015)	12 of 19	45 (1997–2015)	6 (2001)

Benedicte by decade in Norway · 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 Benedicte in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	8	2 of 10	4
1950s	23	5 of 10	5
1960s	140	9 of 10	16
1970s	245	10 of 10	25
1980s	707	10 of 10	71
1990sbusiest	1,022	10 of 10	102
2000s	490	10 of 10	49
2010s	114	9 of 10	13
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 102 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1990 and 1991, when recorded births fell by 37, from 137 to 100.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Benedicte 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 2 regions, from 1946 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #63 in Norway in 1990.

Benedicte'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
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#439	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#415	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#469	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#421	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#327	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#432	8	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#315	14	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#441	8	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#256	21	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#284	18	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#275	18	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#228	24	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#206	29	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#200	29	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#152	42	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#131	46	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#122	51	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#132	47	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#95	66	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#87	77	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#86	79	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#83	83	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#86	86	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#69	110	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#95	90	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#88	104	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#75	114	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#90	96	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#81	102	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#81	100	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#63	137	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#70	109	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#88	84	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#82	92	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#82	87	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#115	59	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#99	70	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#126	50	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#114	58	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#108	63	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#163	35	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#162	35	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#182	29	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#232	20	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#185	28	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#265	16	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#221	22	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#278	15	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#227	20	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#145	40	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#219	20	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#207	21	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#185	25	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#219	18	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#281	13	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#186	22	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#267	13	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#488	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#278	11	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#447	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#412	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#390	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#384	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#380	4	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#391	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

Where Benedicte is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Benedicte, between 1946 and 2022, in 67 of those 77 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1946–2022	67	#63 in 1990
England and Wales	1997–2015	12	#2466 in 2001

Its high point came 11 years earlier in Norway (1990) than in England and Wales (2001).

No registrar recorded it for 4 years after 1949; it appears again in 1954.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1946 and 2022, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #63, first reached in 1990.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 137 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 51 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.

Benedict · #155, 52y
Benedicta · #2781, 16y
Benedikte · #95, 57y
Benett · #646, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Anja · #63, 70y
Roald · #64, 68y
Noreen · #60, 62y
Helga · #58, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Aslaug · #63, 52y
Helena · #63, 80y
Lill · #63, 68y
Willy · #63, 67y

Benedicte was ranked #63 in Norway · Girls in 1990. 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.

Susanne#59
Hilde#60
Lena#61
Monica#62
Iselin#64
Victoria#65
Renate#66
Mia#67

Benedicte 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Benedicte without appearing here.

Benedicte moved ahead of

Cian
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #5061.
Ollie
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #5061.
Finley
In 2014 they stood at #4294 and #1965 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.
Finn
In 2014 they stood at #3970 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Benedicte

Mila
In 2012 they stood at #256 and #260 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #441 and #172.
Matilda
In 2012 they stood at #256 and #259 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #441 and #191.
Ellie
In 2012 they stood at #256 and #287 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #441 and #202.
Zoe
In 2018 they stood at #421 and #439 in Norway · Girls; by 2019 that had become #469 and #231.

Moved the opposite way to Benedicte

Isabella
Between 1960 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Benedicte went from #278 to #439 while Isabella went from #472 to #96.
Maja
Between 1960 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Benedicte went from #278 to #439 while Maja went from #444 to #30.
Sarah
Between 1960 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Benedicte went from #278 to #439 while Sarah went from #490 to #94.
Sophie
Between 1960 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Benedicte went from #278 to #439 while Sophie went from #492 to #138.

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 2 regions, from 1946 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #63 in Norway in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Benedicte

Benedicte at a glance

What stands out in Benedicte's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benedicte across 2 official records

Benedicte by decade in Norway · Girls

Benedicte appears in

Popularity data

Where Benedicte is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Benedicte

Benedicte and the names beside it

Benedicte moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Benedicte

Moved the opposite way to Benedicte

Benedicte at a glance

What stands out in Benedicte's record

Benedicte across 2 official records

Benedicte by decade in Norway · Girls

Benedicte appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Benedicte

Benedicte and the names beside it

Benedicte moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Benedicte

Moved the opposite way to Benedicte