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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 72,514since 1880
Bennett over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #912 | 290 | #40 | 6,268 |
| 2024 | #1,064 | 234 | #60 | 5,109 |
| 2023 | #1,486 | 146 | #74 | 4,422 |
| 2022 | #1,818 | 112 | #83 | 4,105 |
| 2021 | #1,562 | 134 | #90 | 3,939 |
| 2020 | #1,872 | 103 | #101 | 3,601 |
| 2019 | #1,745 | 118 | #108 | 3,531 |
| 2018 | #1,727 | 119 | #120 | 3,301 |
| 2017 | #1,902 | 106 | #123 | 3,180 |
| 2016 | #2,188 | 88 | #140 | 2,942 |
| 2015 | #1,937 | 104 | #154 | 2,714 |
| 2014 | #1,804 | 113 | #166 | 2,550 |
| 2013 | #2,706 | 64 | #194 | 2,075 |
| 2012 | #2,866 | 60 | #201 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | #241 | 1,492 |
| 2010 | #2,976 | 57 | #279 | 1,212 |
| 2009 | #3,561 | 45 | #308 | 1,048 |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 | #362 | 863 |
| 2007 | #3,918 | 40 | #371 | 826 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 | #366 | 817 |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 | #391 | 734 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #404 | 646 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #429 | 594 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #445 | 555 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #470 | 503 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #441 | 542 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #498 | 436 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #487 | 449 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #514 | 392 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #568 | 322 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #641 | 263 |
| 1994 | — | #662 | 245 | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #702 | 218 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #670 | 239 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #664 | 231 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #675 | 225 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #632 | 249 |
| 1988 | — | #662 | 203 | |
| 1987 | — | #720 | 161 | |
| 1986 | — | #702 | 165 | |
| 1985 | — | #691 | 162 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #735 | 140 |
| 1983 | — | #752 | 132 | |
| 1982 | — | #794 | 124 | |
| 1981 | — | #810 | 117 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #800 | 120 |
| 1979 | — | #831 | 110 | |
| 1978 | — | #996 | 75 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,027 | 70 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,010 | 67 | |
| 1975 | — | #945 | 75 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,035 | 63 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,123 | 53 | |
| 1972 | — | #851 | 89 | |
| 1971 | — | #884 | 85 | |
| 1970 | — | #782 | 110 | |
| 1969 | — | #740 | 112 | |
| 1968 | — | #720 | 109 | |
| 1967 | — | #692 | 115 | |
| 1966 | — | #631 | 137 | |
| 1965 | — | #658 | 127 | |
| 1964 | — | #575 | 189 | |
| 1963 | — | #529 | 225 | |
| 1962 | — | #540 | 214 | |
| 1961 | — | #562 | 194 | |
| 1960 | — | #551 | 204 | |
| 1959 | — | #510 | 235 | |
| 1958 | — | #547 | 198 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #509 | 231 |
| 1956 | — | #509 | 221 | |
| 1955 | — | #510 | 207 | |
| 1954 | — | #534 | 184 | |
| 1953 | — | #605 | 144 | |
| 1952 | — | #580 | 144 | |
| 1951 | — | #577 | 144 | |
| 1950 | — | #588 | 133 | |
| 1949 | — | #567 | 140 | |
| 1948 | — | #572 | 136 | |
| 1947 | — | #604 | 126 | |
| 1946 | — | #556 | 131 | |
| 1945 | — | #592 | 105 | |
| 1944 | — | #618 | 99 | |
| 1943 | — | #633 | 101 | |
| 1942 | — | #629 | 101 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #597 | 99 |
| 1940 | — | #597 | 99 | |
| 1939 | — | #558 | 105 | |
| 1938 | — | #613 | 94 | |
| 1937 | — | #637 | 85 | |
| 1936 | — | #556 | 106 | |
| 1935 | — | #757 | 66 | |
| 1934 | — | #566 | 109 | |
| 1933 | — | #543 | 110 | |
| 1932 | — | #607 | 95 | |
| 1931 | — | #611 | 94 | |
| 1930 | — | #681 | 84 | |
| 1929 | — | #587 | 105 | |
| 1928 | — | #629 | 96 | |
| 1927 | — | #601 | 107 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #567 | 118 |
| 1925 | — | #573 | 118 | |
| 1924 | — | #657 | 96 | |
| 1923 | — | #674 | 90 | |
| 1922 | — | #646 | 99 | |
| 1921 | — | #707 | 85 | |
| 1920 | — | #649 | 95 | |
| 1919 | — | #576 | 108 | |
| 1918 | — | #604 | 103 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #623 | 90 |
| 1916 | — | #662 | 79 | |
| 1915 | — | #589 | 93 | |
| 1914 | — | #653 | 60 | |
| 1913 | — | #564 | 59 | |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #621 | 22 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #486 | 23 | |
| 1906 | — | #503 | 20 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #623 | 16 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #505 | 17 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #481 | 18 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #409 | 17 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
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.
Where Bennett is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Arizona#351 · 1 in 2,824
- Louisiana#379 · 1 in 3,438
- Florida#397 · 1 in 4,582
- North Carolina#398 · 1 in 5,284
- Illinois#426 · 1 in 7,119
Best ever in a state: #8 in North Dakota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #351 | 6 | 1 in 2,824 |
| Louisiana | #379 | 12 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Florida | #397 | 12 | 1 in 4,582 |
| North Carolina | #398 | 10 | 1 in 5,284 |
| Illinois | #426 | 16 | 1 in 7,119 |
| New York | #438 | 24 | 1 in 7,481 |
| Alabama | #441 | 6 | 1 in 6,242 |
| New Jersey | #490 | 5 | 1 in 12,622 |
| California | #549 | 19 | 1 in 9,947 |
| Michigan | #559 | 6 | 1 in 15,535 |
| Pennsylvania | #612 | 5 | 1 in 23,620 |
| Ohio | #641 | 5 | 1 in 22,313 |
| Texas | #903 | 6 | 1 in 19,934 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | #409 (1887) | #538 |
| 1890s | 118 | #434 (1890) | #635 |
| 1900s | 153 | #486 (1907) | #628 |
| 1910s | 683 | #564 (1913) | #612 |
| 1920s | 1,009 | #567 (1926) | #629 |
| 1930s | 948 | #543 (1933) | #613 |
| 1940s | 1,137 | #556 (1946) | #597 |
| 1950s | 1,841 | #509 (1957) | #547 |
| 1960s | 1,626 | #529 (1963) | #620 |
| 1970s | 797 | #782 (1970) | #948 |
| 1980s | 1,573 | #632 (1989) | #730 |
| 1990s | 3,020 | #487 (1998) | #608 |
| 2000s | 7,128 | #308 (2009) | #399 |
| 2010s | 24,908 | #108 (2019) | #173 |
| 2020s | 27,444 | #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 1961
boys
#562
194 births · 1 in 10,949 boys
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 10,949 of them was named Bennett, which outranked 87.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).