Bennett
Pronounced B AH0 N EY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Bennett?
Bennett is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 68,347 children — the 404th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 5,095 children were given it.
Benet is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Bennett and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Benet
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B AH0 N EY1 · B EH1 N AH0 T · B EH1 N IH0 T
- Stress pattern:
- 01 · 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Bennett
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Bennett
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Bennett?
- Bennett ranks 404th among boys' names in US records, with 68,347 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 36,845.
- Is Bennett a unisex name?
- No. Bennett is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Bennett most popular?
- 2024, when 5,095 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Bennett spelled?
- Benet. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.