Benedicta
Benedicta is a name with multiple cultural origins: Ancient Roman, Spanish.
- Ancient Roman
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Benedicta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Benedicta is a name with multiple cultural origins: Ancient Roman, Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Roman
- Spanish
The Story of Benedicta
Benedicta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1913, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1916: 8 births, good for #3,258 nationwide. About 32% of every Benedicta on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Benedicta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 116 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Benedicta
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Benedicta. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Benedicta
Phonetically similar names — useful when Benedicta is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Benedicto
- Benedict
- Benedicts
- Benedikt
- Benedicte
- Benedictus
- Benedetta
- Benedictive
- Benedictine
- Benedetti
- Benedictory
- Benedetto
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About the name Benedicta
Benedicta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 116 births in the dataset. Benedicta's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #3,258. Use the chart and map above to compare Benedicta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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