Bennette
Bennette is a surname and unisex given name of English origin, a variant of Bennett. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Bennette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bennette is a surname and unisex given name of English origin, a variant of Bennett. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Bennette
As a girl name
American parents first put Bennette on the record books as a girl name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1952, when 10 Bennettes were born — ranking #3,552 that year. About 28% of every Bennette on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Bennette last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 74 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Bennette on the record books as a boy name in 1919, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1935, when 7 Bennettes were born — ranking #2,951 that year. About 23% of every Bennette on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Bennette last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 30 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Bennette
Bennette is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 74 births in the dataset. Bennette's peak popularity came in 1952 when it ranked #3,552. Use the chart and map above to compare Bennette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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