Bennett

What Bennett means

Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”

form of Benedict || From Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, from Late Latin Benedictus, from benedictus (“blessed, well spoken of”), from Latin benedīcō (“to bless, to speak well of”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Bennett” (revision 94534817) and “Benedict” (revision 92411962), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Bennett?

US: Rising: up from #154 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1586 in 2015, #1466 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 6,268 boys got the name (#40 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 273 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,108 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (16.5 per 1,000 boys), ME (10.67 per 1,000 boys), ND (10.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Bennett is #40 in the US and #1466 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.6% of US babies named Bennett were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bennet101 US
• Benett12 US · 6 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Benett
• Bennet

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Bennett

Boys

• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Augustus#407“majestic, venerable”^*
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bennett’s. Rank is US 2025.