Bennett

Meaning: Blessed, well spoken of
Origin: Variant of Benedict (from Latin)

Girl's name · #912 in the US (2025) · Trending

4% girls · 96% boys — About 96% of babies named Bennett in recent years have been boys. Bennett →

Popularity over time

Bennett is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1917, it stood at #912 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 2,300 girls have been named Bennett along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,126 in Canada (2024).

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 248,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Naftali Bennett — Prime Minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022
Arnold Bennett — English writer (1867–1931)
Jeff Bennett — American voice actor

What Bennetts become

Among 115 notable people named Bennett:

Similar names: Julietta · Bentley · Jovi · Arlet · Kit · Bellamy

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