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Is Benedict a Male or Female Name?

Benedict is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Benedict globally is 98.1% males and 1.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 4.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Benedict in percentages: Globally: 98.1% males, 1.9% females, Nigeria: 95.1% males, 4.9% females, United States: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Philippines: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, United Kingdom: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, South Africa: 96.8% males, 3.2% females, Germany: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Malaysia: 98.5% males, 1.5% females, Ghana: 98.5% males, 1.5% females, St. Lucia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Singapore: 99.6% males, 0.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Benedict are 25-34 years old, making up 27.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 55-64.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Benedict in each age group: 25-34: 27.7%, 35-44: 23.9%, 45-54: 17.9%, 55-64: 14.3%, 65+: 16.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Benedict is Kenya with 0.0459% of the population. Following is St. Lucia and Ghana.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Benedict measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Benedict year over year: 1956: 0.0008‰, 1957: 0.0017‰, 1958: 0.0011‰, 1959: 0.0018‰, 1960: 0.0012‰, 1961: 0.0008‰, 1962: 0.0007‰, 1963: 0.0019‰, 1964: 0.0006‰, 1965: 0.0007‰, 1966: 0.0016‰, 1967: 0.0015‰, 1968: 0.0012‰, 1969: 0.0012‰, 1970: 0.0014‰, 1971: 0.0012‰, 1972: 0.0017‰, 1973: 0.0013‰, 1974: 0.0019‰, 1975: 0.0015‰, 1976: 0.0012‰, 1977: 0.0012‰, 1978: 0.0016‰, 1979: 0.0014‰, 1980: 0.0014‰, 1981: 0.0016‰, 1982: 0.0017‰, 1983: 0.0014‰, 1984: 0.0026‰, 1985: 0.0019‰, 1986: 0.002‰, 1987: 0.0022‰, 1988: 0.0022‰, 1989: 0.0022‰, 1990: 0.002‰, 1991: 0.0019‰, 1992: 0.0022‰, 1993: 0.0025‰, 1994: 0.003‰, 1995: 0.0033‰, 1996: 0.0029‰, 1997: 0.0016‰, 1998: 0.0012‰, 1999: 0.0023‰

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