# Bennet (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bennet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,176 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,095 / 81 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Benedict. See French Benoît, Norman Beneît. Doublet of Benoit and Benito.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 15,536 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13,685 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12,342 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,177 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,112 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12,937 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,534 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,634 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,865 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,570 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,742 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,100 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 2,266 |
| 2012 | 51 | 2,454 |
| 2013 | 43 | 2,717 |
| 2014 | 47 | 2,583 |
| 2015 | 54 | 2,386 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,114 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,350 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,190 |
| 2019 | 61 | 2,269 |
| 2020 | 52 | 2,471 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,134 |
| 2022 | 73 | 2,060 |
| 2023 | 82 | 1,913 |
| 2024 | 81 | 1,941 |
| 2025 | 101 | 1,654 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |

## People named Bennet

- Bennett Cerf, American publisher and author (1898-1971)
- Ben Miller, English comedian and actor
- Dylan Klebold, American school shooter and mass murderer; co-perpetrator of the Columbine High School mas

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.