Bennett

“Variant of Benedict — Blessed, well spoken of” — Latin origin

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

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. It is also an American family name — about 248,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census. About 96% of babies named Bennett in recent years have been boys.

Around the world: about 1 in 15,000 girls in Canada (2024).

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

What Bennetts become

Among 115 notable people named Bennett:

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