Bennett Boy
How popular is Bennett?
#40 boy name in 2025
6,268 baby boys were named Bennett in the US in 2025, making it the 40th most popular boy name. Another 290 girls got the name (#912 for girls).
Bennett popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #40 for boys (▲ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,268 boys, 290 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+131% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #154 in 2015, #101 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (6,268 boys) |
| Highest rank | #40 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bennett counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bennett family of names ranked #49 for boys in 2025 (#67 the year before), with 6,381 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bennett | 6,268 | 98% |
| Bennet | 101 | 2% |
| Benett | 12 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bennett is most popular
Babies named Bennett per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 9.6 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- North Dakota: 7.7 per 1,000 (131 boys)
- Maine: 7.6 per 1,000 (148 boys)
- South Dakota: 7.6 per 1,000 (141 boys)
- New Hampshire: 7.5 per 1,000 (167 boys)
Bennett by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | #409 |
| 1890s | 118 | #434 |
| 1900s | 153 | #486 |
| 1910s | 683 | #564 |
| 1920s | 1,009 | #567 |
| 1930s | 948 | #543 |
| 1940s | 1,137 | #556 |
| 1950s | 1,841 | #508 |
| 1960s | 1,626 | #529 |
| 1970s | 797 | #782 |
| 1980s | 1,573 | #629 |
| 1990s | 3,020 | #487 |
| 2000s | 7,128 | #308 |
| 2010s | 24,908 | #108 |
| 2020s | 27,444 | #40 |
Boy names about as popular as Bennett
Questions
- Is Bennett a boy or girl name?
- Bennett is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Bennett were boys.
- How popular is the name Bennett?
- 6,268 baby boys were named Bennett in the US in 2025, making it the 40th most popular boy name. Another 290 girls got the name (#912 for girls).
- When was Bennett most popular?
- Bennett peaked in 2025, when 6,268 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #40 in 2025.
- How many people are named Bennett?
- 74,854 babies have been named Bennett in the US since 1880. We estimate about 69,945 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Bennett most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bennett was most common in Vermont, at 9.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.