Bennett

#912 for girls in 2025, 290 births · #40 for boys in 2025, 6,268 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 6,268 births
Debut · boys
15 births
In top 100 · boys
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
72,514
since 1880

Bennett over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#912290#406,268
2024#1,064234#605,109
2023#1,486146#744,422
2022#1,818112#834,105
2021#1,562134#903,939
2020#1,872103#1013,601
2019#1,745118#1083,531
2018#1,727119#1203,301
2017#1,902106#1233,180
2016#2,18888#1402,942
2015#1,937104#1542,714
2014#1,804113#1662,550
2013#2,70664#1942,075
2012#2,86660#2011,911
2011#2,63867#2411,492
2010#2,97657#2791,212
2009#3,56145#3081,048
2008#3,52946#362863
2007#3,91840#371826
2006#3,79540#366817
2005#4,58129#391734
2004#5,37723#404646
2003#7,20715#429594
2002#6,69816#445555
2001#5,17422#470503
2000#8,02712#441542
1999#6,19116#498436
1998#9,2609#487449
1997#9,8028#514392
1996#6,72313#568322
1995#9,5538#641263
1994#662245
1993#6,62213#702218
1992#7,51211#670239
1991#10,2717#664231
1990#9,2478#675225
1989#8,7618#632249
1988#662203
1987#720161
1986#702165
1985#691162
1984#8,1537#735140
1983#752132
1982#794124
1981#810117
1980#10,3925#800120
1979#831110
1978#99675
1977#1,02770
1976#1,01067
1975#94575
1974#1,03563
1973#1,12353
1972#85189
1971#88485
1970#782110
1969#740112
1968#720109
1967#692115
1966#631137
1965#658127
1964#575189
1963#529225
1962#540214
1961#562194
1960#551204
1959#510235
1958#547198
1957#5,3776#509231
1956#509221
1955#510207
1954#534184
1953#605144
1952#580144
1951#577144
1950#588133
1949#567140
1948#572136
1947#604126
1946#556131
1945#592105
1944#61899
1943#633101
1942#629101
1941#3,9546#59799
1940#59799
1939#558105
1938#61394
1937#63785
1936#556106
1935#75766
1934#566109
1933#543110
1932#60795
1931#61194
1930#68184
1929#587105
1928#62996
1927#601107
1926#3,8737#567118
1925#573118
1924#65796
1923#67490
1922#64699
1921#70785
1920#64995
1919#576108
1918#604103
1917#4,5945#62390
1916#66279
1915#58993
1914#65360
1913#56459
1912#62244
1911#60525
1910#62122
1909#71415
1908#58519
1907#48623
1906#50320
1905#63614
1904#8748
1903#57615
1902#68711
1901#59612
1900#62316
1899#66110
1898#50517
1897#7259
1896#48118
1895#7389
1894#54314
1893#8367
1892#7928
1891#6359
1890#43417
1889#54912
1888#50515
1887#40917
1886#8456
1885#49814
1884#52013
1883#6449
1882#48914
1881#46014
1880#46515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bennett was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bennett
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#60#40)
  • 61 spots since 2020 (#101#40)
  • 114 spots since 2015 (#154#40)
  • Biggest jump: 436 spots in 1887 (#845#409)
  • Biggest drop: 347 spots in 1886 (#498#845)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #40 (6,268 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 2021–2025
  • Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 273
  • Highest: 1 in 273 boys born in 2025 were named Bennett (0.37%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 37.8% of all boys named Bennett (27,444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s129#409 (1887)#538
1890s118#434 (1890)#635
1900s153#486 (1907)#628
1910s683#564 (1913)#612
1920s1,009#567 (1926)#629
1930s948#543 (1933)#613
1940s1,137#556 (1946)#597
1950s1,841#509 (1957)#547
1960s1,626#529 (1963)#620
1970s797#782 (1970)#948
1980s1,573#632 (1989)#730
1990s3,020#487 (1998)#608
2000s7,128#308 (2009)#399
2010s24,908#108 (2019)#173
2020s27,444#40 (2025)#75

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bennett in 1957

girls
#5,377
6 births · 1 in 340,809 girls
boys
#509
231 births · 1 in 9,339 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #5,377Bennett6

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #509Bennett231
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 340,809 of them was named Bennett, which outranked 23.3% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bennett
  1. #4,918Zenia7
  2. #4,918Zonda7
  3. #4,918Zondra7
  4. #5,377Bennett6
  5. #5,377Abbye6
  6. #5,377Adam6
  7. #5,377Adelfa6
  8. #6,086Adrean5
  9. #6,086Agustina5
  10. #6,086Aisha5

Tied with 708 names at #5,377; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 9,339 of them was named Bennett, which outranked 88.8% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bennett
  1. #506Lon235
  2. #506Orville235
  3. #508Harley234
  4. #509Bennett231
  5. #510Eddy229
  6. #511Irving228
  7. #512Cornell226
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957