Janet

Where Janet comes from

From Jane + -et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century. Doublet of Jeanette, Jeannette, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.
— Wiktionary's entry for Janet
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #294 among girls — 28 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1938
    Peak, #16
    9,870 babies named Janet — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1946
    Janet Yellen born
    78th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  4. 1966
    Janet Jackson born
    American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #73.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Janet Jackson · American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress, born 1966
  • Janet Yellen · 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury, born 1946
  • Janet Gaynor · American actress, 1906–1984
  • Janet Leigh · American actress, 1927–2004
  • Janet McTeer · British actress, born 1961

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.