first name
BENNETT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 41,302 people named Bennett, 85.8% reported their origin as White, 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as two or more races. 96.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bennett peaked in 2025, when 6,558 babies got the name.
At least 74,854 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Bennett by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #115. The largest share of babies named Bennett, 66.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Bennett is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bennett has been most common in Minnesota (2.4×), Utah (2.2×), and Idaho (2×), and least common in New Mexico (0.25×).
68,044 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Bennett
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bennett, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Bennett ranks #90 of 156,621, with 239,397 people. See Bennett as a last name
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