Janetta

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161

Peak · girls
#1,055
1935 · 43 births
Debut · girls
1895
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,321
since 1895

Janetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janetta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #1,055, 1935girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#12,1617
2023—
2022#15,3065
2021#13,4646
2020—
2019#12,4487
2018—
2017#9,94310
2016#11,7818
2015#14,4826
2014#10,9559
2013#13,1507
2012#7,45616
2011#10,37410
2010#13,4487
2009#12,4298
2008#9,47612
2007#8,52014
2006#12,4208
2005#7,89114
2004#8,71612
2003#9,67110
2002#6,39217
2001#6,61916
2000#6,48716
1999#7,71612
1998#6,71914
1997#13,7245
1996#4,58322
1995#4,67721
1994#4,84520
1993#3,87727
1992#3,03638
1991#3,36932
1990#3,15635
1989#3,40230
1988#2,70039
1987#3,10130
1986#2,34443
1985#2,48439
1984#2,85131
1983#2,72132
1982#2,41440
1981#2,65734
1980#2,15447
1979#1,97752
1978#1,96249
1977#2,21641
1976#1,84050
1975#2,06042
1974#2,43331
1973#1,91343
1972#2,05738
1971#1,90645
1970#1,95243
1969#1,87144
1968#1,81243
1967#1,41661
1966#1,70044
1965#1,71543
1964#1,59351
1963#1,52254
1962#1,55852
1961#1,58051
1960#1,36665
1959#1,76539
1958#1,28268
1957#1,27468
1956#1,48051
1955#1,29261
1954#1,19770
1953#1,19965
1952#1,35151
1951#1,19061
1950#1,47439
1949#1,37645
1948#1,59834
1947#1,57636
1946#1,50834
1945#1,37434
1944#1,40133
1943#1,14350
1942#1,13748
1941#1,33533
1940#1,27234
1939#1,24035
1938#1,09143
1937#1,45126
1936#1,20635
1935#1,05543
1934#1,23633
1933#1,40027
1932#1,87718
1931#2,02416
1930#1,87519
1929#2,30114
1928#1,58926
1927#1,77123
1926#2,47414
1925#2,11918
1924#1,87222
1923#1,89521
1922#1,89721
1921#2,19517
1920#1,88921
1919#1,69823
1918#2,10217
1917#2,42813
1916#2,49812
1915#3,4347
1914#2,12511
1913#2,8276
1912#2,9795
1911—
1910—
1909—
1908#1,6767
1907—
1906—
1905—
1904—
1903—
1902#1,7935
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896#1,4166
1895#1,5925
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First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Janetta! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1897–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Janetta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1935 at #1,055 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 59 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,386
  • Highest: 1 in 24,386 girls born in 1935 were named Janetta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.3% of all girls named Janetta (573) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#1,416 (1896)#1,504
1900s12#1,676 (1908)#1,735
1910s94#1,698 (1919)#2,511
1920s197#1,589 (1928)#2,000
1930s295#1,055 (1935)#1,446
1940s381#1,137 (1942)#1,372
1950s573#1,190 (1951)#1,350
1960s508#1,366 (1960)#1,613
1970s434#1,840 (1976)#2,032
1980s365#2,154 (1980)#2,683
1990s226#3,036 (1992)#5,570
2000s127#6,392 (2002)#8,862
2010s80#7,456 (2012)#11,560
2020s18#12,161 (2024)#13,644

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Janetta in 1953

girls
#1,199
65 births · 1 in 28,943 girls

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #1,199Janetta65
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 28,943 of them was named Janetta, which outranked 81.5% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janetta
  1. #1,188Ouida66
  2. #1,188Prudence66
  3. #1,188Sunny66
  4. #1,199Janetta65
  5. #1,199Darline65
  6. #1,199Georgie65
  7. #1,199Imelda65
  8. #1,207Carletta64
  9. #1,207Davida64
  10. #1,207Lawana64

Tied with 7 names at #1,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,253Enola#3,201 → #948
  2. ↑ 885Lu#1,368 → #483
  3. ↑ 749Joni#1,046 → #297
  4. ↑ 553Brooke#1,351 → #798
  5. ↑ 531Lorri#1,430 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 274Roseanna#808 → #1,082
  2. ↓ 253Georgie#946 → #1,199
  3. ↓ 218Pandora#783 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 204Fonda#822 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 195Brinda#935 → #1,130

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1953 →