Bennet

Meaning: Blessed, well spoken of
Origin: English surname — Variant of Bennett

Boy's name · #1654 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Bennet is climbing: on the charts since 1910, it is ranked #1654 in 2025, with about 100 boys given the name last year. Roughly 2,100 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,311 in Canada (2025) · #1,614 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,271 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,028 in Austria (2024) · #7,980 in Italy (2022) · #3,449 in England & Wales (2017) · #1,449 in Sweden (2011).

Famous Bennets

Bennet Omalu — Nigerian-American forensic pathologist and neuropathologist (born 1968)
Bennet S. Sacolick — United States Army general
Bennet Skheto Baloyi — South African politician (born 1978)
Bennet Hundt — German basketball player (born 1998)
Bennet Langton — Samuel Johnson's friend (1737 or 1736–1801)

What Bennets become

Among 55 notable people named Bennet:

No single standout — notable Bennets spread across many fields.

Spellings & nicknames

Bennet is a rare spelling of Bennett — about 2% of babies given the name are written this way; Bennett itself ranked #40 in 2025.

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