Fun Facts About the Name Bennet
- More than 2 thousand babies named Bennet: U.S. records list 2,176 babies given the name Bennet from 1880 through 2025. Even 81 girls received the name Bennet - about 1 girl for every 26 boys.
What Does the Name Bennet Mean?
Bennet is an English form of the medieval given name Benedict, which comes from Latin Benedictus, meaning "blessed." Benedictus is the past participle of benedicere ("to speak well of, to bless"), built from bene ("well") and dicere ("to speak"). Christian Latin used the word to render Greek eulogētos ("blessed, praised"), and from that religious sense it became a common personal name in medieval Europe. Through Old French Beneit (the ancestor of modern French Benoît) and medieval English Benet, the name took the spellings Benet, Benett, and Bennet. Bennet is therefore best understood as a variant of Bennett, both being English forms of Benedict rather than distinct names. A less common explanation treats some instances of Bennet or Bennett as a pet form of Benjamin (short form Ben plus the diminutive ending -et); this is plausible for individual families but is not the usual etymology of the name.
Bennet Name History & Origins
The Latin name Benedictus was borne by St. Benedict of Nursia (about 480 - 547), whose monastic Rule shaped Western monastic life, and later by other saints and by a series of popes who took the name Benedict. Devotion to these figures helped spread Benedict as a personal name through medieval Europe. In England the name appeared in the vernacular as Benet or Benett, forms found in medieval records alongside the fuller Latin-influenced spelling. From this personal name, hereditary English surnames arose, among them Bennet and the more common Bennett. These surnames continued in use as given names declined, and in later centuries the surname itself became a source of first names in English-speaking countries, which is the main route by which Bennet is now used as a given name.
As a literary name, Bennet is the surname of the family in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813), including the heroine Elizabeth Bennet. That is a well-known later literary use of the surname, not the origin of the name itself. The spellings Bennet and Bennett have existed side by side for centuries and do not point to different origins.
How Popular is the Name Bennet?
Bennet has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,611 in 1910.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,100 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #13,690 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #15,555 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #13,855 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #15,625 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #11,530 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #12,930 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #13,107 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #12,175 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #12,342 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #13,683 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #15,535 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,654 | 101 | 0.0059% |
| 2024 | #1,951 | 80 | 0.0047% |
| 2023 | #1,913 | 82 | 0.0048% |
| 2022 | #2,057 | 73 | 0.0042% |
| 2021 | #2,133 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 2020 | #2,470 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 2019 | #2,268 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2018 | #2,188 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2017 | #2,349 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2016 | #2,114 | 66 | 0.0035% |
| 2015 | #2,386 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 2014 | #2,583 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 2013 | #2,717 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #2,454 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #2,265 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 2010 | #2,794 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2009 | #3,112 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #2,407 | 53 | 0.0026% |
| 2007 | #3,520 | 30 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #3,531 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 2005 | #2,619 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 2004 | #3,082 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2003 | #3,631 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #3,028 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #2,686 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #3,083 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #2,564 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1998 | #3,718 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #2,829 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #3,690 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #3,106 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1994 | #5,911 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #3,674 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #4,345 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #3,475 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #3,993 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #4,549 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #3,086 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #3,354 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #4,496 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #3,421 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #5,633 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #3,905 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #5,700 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #6,347 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #4,852 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #3,878 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,486 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,000 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #3,337 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #2,210 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1967 | #4,016 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #2,639 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #2,798 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #3,069 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #1,844 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1962 | #2,677 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #2,916 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #1,975 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1959 | #2,309 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1958 | #1,842 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1957 | #2,506 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #2,098 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1955 | #2,223 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1954 | #1,893 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #1,967 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1952 | #2,085 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1951 | #2,859 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1950 | #2,219 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1949 | #2,817 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #2,229 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1947 | #2,514 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #3,204 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #3,375 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #3,474 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,588 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #2,156 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1939 | #2,622 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1938 | #2,339 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1937 | #3,201 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1936 | #3,589 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #2,544 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1934 | #2,762 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1933 | #3,307 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #2,333 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1931 | #2,887 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #2,456 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1929 | #3,010 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #2,822 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1921 | #3,910 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,517 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #3,134 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1917 | #4,042 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1912 | #2,580 | 5 | 0.0012% |
| 1910 | #1,611 | 5 | 0.0026% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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