# Benedicta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benedicta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 116 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 116 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 65, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Benedicta, feminine of Benedictus. By surface analysis, Benedict + -a.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 8 | 3,651 |
| 1921 | 7 | 4,068 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,516 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,356 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,239 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,394 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,851 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,008 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,124 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,430 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,398 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,868 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11,961 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,066 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,913 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Benedikte
- French: Bénédicte
- Italian: Benedetta
- Norwegian: Benedikte
- Polish: Benedykta
- Portuguese: Benedita, Benta
- Spanish: Benita
- Swedish: Bengta

## People named Benedicta

- Benedicta of Bjelbo, Est 1220 - Aft 1261
- Wera Hobhouse, German-British politician (born 1960)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.