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.
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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 5,573 of them was named Janette, which outranked 95.3% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 373,397 of them was named Janette, which outranked 14.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,201 names at #6,951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.