The first name Benedetto

In 2025, 13 boys born in the United States were named Benedetto, the 6,497th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1915, when 21 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Benedetto Aloisi Masella
  Catholic cardinal (1879–1970)
• Benedetto I Zaccaria
  Genoese admiral (c. 1235 – 1307)
• Benedetto, Prince of Savoy
  Duke of Chablais, 1741–1808
• Benedetto Accolti the Younger
  Cardinal, 1497–1549
• Benedetto Erba Odescalchi
  Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (1679-1740)
• Benedetto Giustiniani
  Catholic cardinal, 1554–1621
• Benedetto Ubaldi
  17th-century Catholic cardinal, 1588–1644
• Antonio Benedetto Antonucci
  Bishop of the Catholic Church (1798-1879)
• Benedetto Barberini
  Catholic cardinal, 1788–1863
• Benedetto II Caetani
  Catholic cardinal, 1201–1296
• Benedetto Gentile Pevere
  Doge of the Republic of Genoa, 1490–1555
• Benedict of Nursia
  Founder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)

How popular is the name Benedetto?

In 2017, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Benedetto, ranking 4,812th.

Is Benedetto a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 881 US babies named Benedetto since 1880 were boys.

When was Benedetto most popular?

1915 in the United States, when 21 babies were named Benedetto, its highest rank at 1,508th.

Is Benedetto also a surname?

Yes. Benedetto is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.