Benedek

Boys' name

Blessed

Benedek has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2003. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2003, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Benedek, 2003

1 in 760,000

Benedek over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Benedek: meaning, origin, and history

Blessed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Benedek means

Benedek means “blessed”, associated with Benedictus.

Origin, language, and formation

Benedek is used in Hungarian.

Benedek comes through Late Latin Benedictus and Latin benedīcō.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Benedict.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Benedek is pronounced [ˈbɛnɛdɛk].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Benedek between 2003 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2003; its best national rank was #11,058 in 2003.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Benedek?

Benedek had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2003: 1 in 760,000; 5 of 3,801,425 births
Among boys only: 1 in 395,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2003: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 526,991 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Benedek sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2003 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 526,991 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Benedek. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Benedeks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Benedek was born before 2003 — so the typical Benedek is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Benedek rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2003 (5)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #11,058; 2003

Benedek around the world

Where Benedek ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2008–2025
#5,137
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Benedek by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,058; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 5 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2003
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Benedek

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Bennito Benjiam Benardo Benayah Benayas Benjiro Bentely Benyomin Beniyas Benelli Benitez Benjain Bengiman Benjeman Benzel Benner Benley Bendrick Bennit Bender Beneil Bentzy Bendjy Benhart

Sibling names for Benedek

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shreya Anastacia Delanie Abigale Ashtyn Hailie Kayli Sydnee

For a brother

Alexandre Jair Keven Kadin Estevan Dallin Keon Zakary

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