Janette
#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 699 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,172since 1880
Janette over time
Rank among girls' names. Janette has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,559 | 43 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,060 | 54 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,129 | 53 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,484 | 72 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,373 | 78 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,258 | 83 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,959 | 102 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,286 | 85 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,865 | 114 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,672 | 132 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,597 | 134 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,500 | 139 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,329 | 160 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,249 | 168 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,179 | 174 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,063 | 200 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,094 | 188 | — | |
| 1999 | #928 | 227 | — | |
| 1998 | #958 | 214 | — | |
| 1997 | #911 | 220 | — | |
| 1996 | #864 | 230 | — | |
| 1995 | #898 | 211 | — | |
| 1994 | #775 | 262 | — | |
| 1993 | #709 | 301 | — | |
| 1992 | #685 | 316 | — | |
| 1991 | #671 | 321 | — | |
| 1990 | #631 | 355 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #613 | 347 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #631 | 315 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #620 | 312 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #593 | 325 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #653 | 280 | — | |
| 1984 | #663 | 263 | — | |
| 1983 | #559 | 325 | — | |
| 1982 | #518 | 385 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #562 | 330 | — | |
| 1980 | #589 | 314 | — | |
| 1979 | #564 | 325 | — | |
| 1978 | #574 | 299 | — | |
| 1977 | #544 | 328 | — | |
| 1976 | #549 | 313 | — | |
| 1975 | #500 | 359 | — | |
| 1974 | #509 | 341 | — | |
| 1973 | #490 | 359 | — | |
| 1972 | #490 | 363 | — | |
| 1971 | #470 | 424 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #471 | 436 | — | |
| 1969 | #440 | 479 | — | |
| 1968 | #452 | 451 | — | |
| 1967 | #443 | 453 | — | |
| 1966 | #416 | 501 | — | |
| 1965 | #426 | 484 | — | |
| 1964 | #403 | 586 | — | |
| 1963 | #413 | 541 | — | |
| 1962 | #391 | 589 | — | |
| 1961 | #405 | 577 | — | |
| 1960 | #404 | 560 | — | |
| 1959 | #407 | 536 | — | |
| 1958 | #391 | 547 | — | |
| 1957 | #358 | 642 | — | |
| 1956 | #350 | 618 | — | |
| 1955 | #330 | 665 | — | |
| 1954 | #319 | 695 | — | |
| 1953 | #310 | 699 | — | |
| 1952 | #351 | 545 | — | |
| 1951 | #324 | 599 | — | |
| 1950 | #326 | 551 | — | |
| 1949 | #345 | 502 | — | |
| 1948 | #390 | 415 | — | |
| 1947 | #394 | 412 | — | |
| 1946 | #388 | 382 | — | |
| 1945 | #411 | 301 | — | |
| 1944 | #402 | 315 | — | |
| 1943 | #395 | 343 | — | |
| 1942 | #385 | 343 | — | |
| 1941 | #402 | 287 | — | |
| 1940 | #369 | 318 | — | |
| 1939 | #375 | 308 | — | |
| 1938 | #376 | 309 | — | |
| 1937 | #375 | 296 | — | |
| 1936 | #380 | 281 | — | |
| 1935 | #399 | 262 | — | |
| 1934 | #384 | 278 | — | |
| 1933 | #379 | 288 | — | |
| 1932 | #407 | 256 | — | |
| 1931 | #409 | 250 | — | |
| 1930 | #480 | 195 | — | |
| 1929 | #531 | 163 | — | |
| 1928 | #575 | 151 | — | |
| 1927 | #541 | 171 | — | |
| 1926 | #539 | 167 | — | |
| 1925 | #526 | 183 | — | |
| 1924 | #585 | 158 | — | |
| 1923 | #595 | 148 | — | |
| 1922 | #549 | 168 | — | |
| 1921 | #566 | 160 | — | |
| 1920 | #602 | 142 | — | |
| 1919 | #632 | 122 | — | |
| 1918 | #604 | 139 | — | |
| 1917 | #690 | 99 | — | |
| 1916 | #700 | 96 | — | |
| 1915 | #615 | 113 | — | |
| 1914 | #661 | 77 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #717 | 49 | — | |
| 1911 | #766 | 32 | — | |
| 1910 | #845 | 26 | — | |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 | — | |
| 1908 | #742 | 27 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 | — | |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 | — | |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 | — | |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 | — | |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 | — | |
| 1899 | #791 | 17 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Janette was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Janette is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#294 · 1 in 1,551
- California#300 · 1 in 1,689
- Colorado#384 · 1 in 2,450
- New Jersey#385 · 1 in 2,733
- Florida#399 · 1 in 2,700
Best ever in a state: #126 in Utah, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #294 | 13 | 1 in 1,551 |
| California | #300 | 110 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Colorado | #384 | 9 | 1 in 2,450 |
| New Jersey | #385 | 14 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Florida | #399 | 21 | 1 in 2,700 |
| Iowa | #410 | 5 | 1 in 3,763 |
| Virginia | #420 | 9 | 1 in 3,422 |
| Kansas | #433 | 5 | 1 in 3,103 |
| Texas | #439 | 45 | 1 in 2,887 |
| Illinois | #454 | 22 | 1 in 3,383 |
| Missouri | #459 | 8 | 1 in 4,023 |
| New York | #477 | 31 | 1 in 3,314 |
| Washington | #495 | 8 | 1 in 3,440 |
| Minnesota | #540 | 5 | 1 in 5,849 |
| Ohio | #561 | 12 | 1 in 5,956 |
| Oklahoma | #582 | 5 | 1 in 4,515 |
| Pennsylvania | #588 | 12 | 1 in 5,825 |
| Indiana | #651 | 5 | 1 in 7,036 |
| Michigan | #748 | 7 | 1 in 8,230 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Janette
- 327 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #5,099)
- 342 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #5,099)
- 1,970 spots since 2015 (#3,129 → #5,099)
- Biggest jump: 758 spots in 1903 (#1,594 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 847 spots in 1902 (#747 → #1,594)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1953 at #310 (699 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1907–1999
- Highest: 1 in 2,691 girls born in 1953 were named Janette (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.0% of all girls named Janette (6,097) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | #582 (1881) | #758 |
| 1890s | 124 | #638 (1892) | #909 |
| 1900s | 196 | #734 (1905) | #885 |
| 1910s | 805 | #604 (1918) | #695 |
| 1920s | 1,611 | #526 (1925) | #561 |
| 1930s | 2,723 | #375 (1939) | #396 |
| 1940s | 3,618 | #345 (1949) | #388 |
| 1950s | 6,097 | #310 (1953) | #347 |
| 1960s | 5,221 | #391 (1962) | #419 |
| 1970s | 3,547 | #470 (1971) | #516 |
| 1980s | 3,196 | #518 (1982) | #600 |
| 1990s | 2,657 | #631 (1990) | #803 |
| 2000s | 1,494 | #1,063 (2001) | #1,483 |
| 2010s | 626 | #1,959 (2010) | #2,912 |
| 2020s | 193 | #3,709 (2023) | #4,406 |
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.
Janette in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 4,398 of them was named Janette, which outranked 95.8% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 362,889 of them was named Janette, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 982 names at #6,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.