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Benet

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 87

Benet is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 23% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2004, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2000.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Benet over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

43
'00 '10 '20
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Births named Benet by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 43
2010s 19
2020s (to 2023) 10

How popular is Benet?

In 2023, Benet was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Benet is used

England & Wales #5,044 3 in 2010
United States #12,269 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Benet

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Benet over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Benet

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Benet — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Benet

How popular is the name Benet?

In 2023, Benet was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Benet a girl's or a boy's name?

Benet is used for both girls and boys. About 23% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Benet?

Benet has 2 syllables.

When was Benet most popular?

Benet peaked in 2004, when 12 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.