Rising since 1985, #40 for boys today.
Popularity of Bennett since 1880
Babies named Bennett per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 |
| 1890s | 118 |
| 1900s | 153 |
| 1910s | 683 |
| 1920s | 1,009 |
| 1930s | 948 |
| 1940s | 1,137 |
| 1950s | 1,841 |
| 1960s | 1,626 |
| 1970s | 797 |
| 1980s | 1,573 |
| 1990s | 3,020 |
| 2000s | 7,128 |
| 2010s | 24,908 |
| 2020s | 27,444 |
Meaning & origin
Benedict's down-to-earth medieval cousin, Bennett means "blessed" by way of the Latin benedictus, and its modern rise is a quiet study in how surname names win. It lingered at the edge of the American data from 1880 without registering, then caught the updraft of the 1980s and 1990s alongside Everett and Graham. The climb has been unbroken enough that 2025, when Bennett reached No. 40 nationally, stands as its all-time peak.
About one of every 273 newborn boys received the name that year, and its geography is emphatically northern: Vermont, Maine, and North Dakota lead the nation. Bennett threads a needle parents increasingly want threaded, polished but not precious, with prep-school looks on paper and the utterly ordinary Ben waiting underneath. It pairs naturally with sisters named Margot or Sloane and brothers named Everett or Hayes, the tailored-surname cohort of the 2020s.
Benedictus, Latin for "blessed" and the name of the founder of Western monasticism, passed through Old French Beneit to become the everyday medieval English form Benet or Bennet. That vernacular form was common enough in the Middle Ages to spawn one of England's familiar surnames (Jane Austen's Bennet family carries the one-t spelling), while Benedict remained the learned, ecclesiastical version. As a first name Bennett appears thinly in the American data all the way back to 1880, but its real career is recent: it rode the surname-name wave of the late twentieth century upward and has not stopped, reaching its highest recorded position in 2025.
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Where Bennett is most popular
Births per 100,000 boys by state. Press play or drag the slider to watch it move across the decades. The lightest shade means too few recorded births.
“Bennett” around the world
Where Bennett lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
Ireland
4
babies in 2025
New Zealand
14
babies in 2025
Quebec
10
babies in 2025
Sources: CSO Ireland (Ireland) · NZ Dept of Internal Affairs (New Zealand) · Retraite Québec (Quebec).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Ben, Benny
Famous people named Bennett
- Bennett Cerf · co-founder of Random House and television panelist
- Bennett Miller · film director of Capote and Moneyball
Sibling names for Bennett
Names that share Bennett's style, for a brother or sister.
Sisters: Margot, Sloane, Quinn, Hattie, Eleanor, Addison, Claire, Emery, Everly, Sidney, Arden, Averie, Berkley, Blair, Blakely, Finley, Joslyn, Kinley, Kinsey, Maelyn, Mccall, Addelyn, Arlett, Bailie, Bernita, Blakelee, Brinlee, Carrington, Chaney, Delanie, Emmerson, Halston, Hollyn, Janetta, Joslin, Josslyn, Kendyll, Kenleigh, Kenzi, Kinsleigh, Lexis, Marlie, Maylin, Oakleigh, Scotlyn, Vivianne, Adlee, Ainsleigh, Aisley, Amery, Annsley, Aubery, Averee, Averly, Baleria, Benetta, Berlyn, Bexlee, Burnette, Callyn, Charlise, Chrisette, Colletta, Collyns, Dalaney, Danee, Elliemae, Embree, Emree, Graceyn, Harrietta, Johnnetta, Jolette, Jonetta, Kennah, Kennedee, Kolette, Kynnedy, Landrey, Landrie, Lesslie, Locklyn, Lyanne, Lynett, Lynleigh, Lynnetta, Mackenzy, Mackinzie, Paislie, Quinnley, Raelle, Rainie, Robinette, Scottlyn, Tatumn, Vallerie, Venetta, Whitlee, Aaralynn, Adilee, Allaina, Annaleigha, Anslie, Audriella, Audrinna, Bayle, Bennetta, Berklie, Berlynn, Blakeley, Bonnell, Breslyn, Burkley, Dawnetta, Emberley, Ezlynn, Gwendalynn, Gwenetta, Halyn, Hartlyn, Janellie, Junetta, Kadince, Katalea, Keatyn, Kenslei, Kynnadi, Lannette, Lanore, Lawsyn, Lennette, Lizzett, Lonetta, Lovelynn, Lynnix, Maeley, Maelin, Malynn, Marvetta, Matalyn, Maybree, Mckenlee, Mckenley, Milynn, Quincie, Quinley, Raley, Remmie, Rhylin, Rieley, Summerlyn, Tenlee, Aubrynn, Emeryn, Emmersen, Madlynn, Aliceson, Ambert, Anaveah, Annalei, Armonee, Aspynn, Baelyn, Baxley, Beckley, Breklyn, Brookley, Cambre, Conleigh, Deilany, Deklynn, Enslie, Evelette, Everliegh, Graelynn, Gwenette, Hatley, Henessy, Hillarie, Hinley, Jernie, Joelee, Kenidi, Kennede, Kennetta, Kennette, Kenni, Kierstynn, Lenzi, Linetta, Lunden, Maclaine, Mattalynn, Maybrie, Paisely, Quinnlee, Reighan, Rilynne, Suetta, Veretta, Vinetta, Wynetta
Brothers: Everett, Graham, Sawyer, Nolan, Hayes, Benson, Easton, Parker, Marshall, Weston, Anderson, Bowen, Britton, Carlton, Chadwick, Colsen, Dawson, Garrick, Kendrick, Manning, Montgomery, Ryden, Thatcher, Alston, Broden, Charlton, Crawford, Dixon, Graydon, Kallen, Kendric, Kipton, Spenser, Stratton, Westen, Becket, Bensen, Bowden, Brinton, Briston, Broadus, Cantrell, Carston, Crayton, Declyn, Deklin, Dillen, Dillin, Easten, Erickson, Everitt, Fielding, Hutton, Huxlee, Janson, Jaymeson, Keeton, Keifer, Kenner, Kincaid, Langdon, Markham, Maxfield, Nichols, Quinnton, Ryken, Townsend, Whitten, Witten, Alyxander, Ashdon, Bearett, Beaumont, Bexton, Brees, Butler, Cadon, Casten, Crosley, Dekker, Farron, Harrington, Hawthorne, Jamesen, Jenner, Jourden, Juddson, Kannen, Leyland, Osten, Rhyett, Rigdon, Rigley, Ripken, Ryot, Stockton, Tison, Warrick, Wessley, Grantley, Adryen, Axeton, Bronsen, Carmichael, Chanceler, Coulton, Delance, Gardiner, Garhett, Grantland, Jarrette, Jerritt, Kalven, Keanon, Kenniel, Kinser, Kohner, Koleman, Leelynd, Maddock, Mayfield, Ramzey, Rushton, Staton, Swanson, Truxton
Names like Bennett
Names whose popularity has moved with Bennett's over the last 50 years.
