Girls' name · since 1912
Bennetta
Bennetta has 239 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1912
- 1950s
- peak decade
Bennetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 239 have been recorded since 1912.
Bennetta has 239 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1977.
- #18,025 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 239 born since 1912
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bennetta ranks #18,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 239 born since 1912, peaking in the 1950s.
- #18,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1912
- 1950s
- peak decade
Bennetta's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bennetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bennetta splits its recorded history at 1950: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bennetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1977
- Peak year (1953)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Bennetta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (66 births, 28% of the file).
1950s was Bennetta's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Bennetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 19
1930s
19 births
- 1940s
1940s
39 births
- 1950s
1950s
66 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 66 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Bennetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 1970s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bennetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bennetta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.