Bennett
Bennett was given to 6,268 boys in 2025, #40 among boys’ names; 74,854 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 69,600 Americans named Bennett and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 15.
Bennett was given to 1,159 more boys in 2025 than in 2024, the #4 gain in babies among boys’ names.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bennett by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bennett mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bennett is “a male given name from Latin transferred back from the surname.”
/ˈbɛnət/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bennett?
#40 among boys’ names, 2025
Bennett rose from #154 in 2015 to #40 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 1.4 to 3.7 per 1,000.
6,558 babies in 2025, the peak
Bennett peaked in 2025, when 6,558 babies were given it (6,268 boys, #40 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 5,109 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,268 | #40 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 5,109 | #60 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 4,422 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 4,105 | #83 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 3,939 | #90 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 3,601 | #101 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 3,531 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 3,301 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 3,180 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 2,942 | #140 | 1.6 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,714 | #154 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 2,550 | #166 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 2,075 | #194 | 1.1 |
| 2012 | 1,911 | #201 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 1,492 | #241 | 0.79 |
| 2010 | 1,212 | #279 | 0.63 |
| 2009 | 1,048 | #308 | 0.53 |
| 2008 | 863 | #362 | 0.42 |
| 2007 | 826 | #371 | 0.40 |
| 2006 | 817 | #366 | 0.40 |
| 2005 | 734 | #391 | 0.37 |
| 2004 | 646 | #404 | 0.33 |
| 2003 | 594 | #429 | 0.30 |
| 2002 | 555 | #445 | 0.29 |
| 2001 | 503 | #470 | 0.26 |
| 2000 | 542 | #441 | 0.28 |
| 1999 | 436 | #498 | 0.23 |
| 1998 | 449 | #487 | 0.23 |
| 1997 | 392 | #514 | 0.21 |
| 1996 | 322 | #568 | 0.17 |
| 1995 | 263 | #640 | 0.14 |
| 1994 | 245 | #661 | 0.13 |
| 1993 | 218 | #701 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 239 | #668 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 231 | #662 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 225 | #673 | 0.11 |
| 1989 | 249 | #629 | 0.12 |
| 1988 | 203 | #663 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 161 | #720 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 165 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1985 | 162 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1984 | 140 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 132 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 124 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 117 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 120 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 110 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 75 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 70 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,013 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 75 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,124 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 89 | #851 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 85 | #884 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 110 | #784 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 112 | #740 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 109 | #720 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 115 | #692 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 137 | #631 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 127 | #658 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 189 | #576 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 225 | #530 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 214 | #541 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 194 | #562 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 204 | #551 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 235 | #510 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 198 | #546 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 231 | #508 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 221 | #508 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 207 | #509 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 184 | #533 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 144 | #604 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 144 | #579 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 144 | #576 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 133 | #587 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 140 | #566 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 136 | #571 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 126 | #606 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 131 | #556 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 105 | #594 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 99 | #618 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 101 | #634 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 101 | #629 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 99 | #597 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 99 | #597 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 105 | #558 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 94 | #613 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 85 | #639 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 106 | #557 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 66 | #757 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 109 | #566 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 110 | #545 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 95 | #608 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 94 | #611 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 84 | #681 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 105 | #589 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 96 | #629 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 107 | #603 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 118 | #567 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 118 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 96 | #658 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 90 | #674 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 99 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 85 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 95 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 108 | #576 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 103 | #604 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 90 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 79 | #662 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 93 | #590 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 60 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 59 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 44 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 25 | #608 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 22 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 15 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 19 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 23 | #486 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 20 | #505 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 14 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 8 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 15 | #579 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 11 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 12 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 16 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 10 | #664 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 17 | #508 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 9 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 18 | #484 | 0.15 |
| 1895 | 9 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 7 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 8 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 9 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 17 | #437 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 12 | #554 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 15 | #506 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 17 | #409 | 0.17 |
| 1886 | 6 | #853 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 14 | #501 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 13 | #521 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 14 | #494 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 14 | #464 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 15 | #465 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bennett a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 74,854 Americans recorded as Bennett, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 290 girls and 6,268 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Bennett: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bennett, and how old are they?
69,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 74,854 Americans ever recorded as Bennett. The median Bennett alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 15.
The 2020 Census counted 41,302 people named Bennett (1,405 women and girls, 39,897 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 42,970 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 347 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,310 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,340 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,120 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 13,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 49,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bennett born?
The states with the most babies named Bennett are Texas, California and Florida, with 17% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 441 | #95 | 0.6× |
| California | 360 | #114 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 302 | #69 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 296 | #20 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 294 | #30 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 292 | #12 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 270 | #25 | 1.1× |
| New York | 246 | #72 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 243 | #35 | 1.1× |
| Missouri | 227 | #10 | 1.3× |
Where Bennett is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bennett is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bennett with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 77,432 babies since 1880, Bennett is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6,558 of their 6,679 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bennett
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bennett and names like it
- Compare Bennett and BennetBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBennett peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bennett since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Bennett: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Bennett.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Bennett alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.