Jeanette

#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1939 · 2,893 births
Debut · girls
55 births
In top 100 · girls
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
163,440
since 1880

Jeanette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #82, 1939girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,38775
2024#2,77561
2023#2,75762
2022#2,53070
2021#2,55868
2020#2,54967
2019#2,53869
2018#2,36177
2017#2,12990
2016#2,38578
2015#2,02597
2014#1,956102
2013#1,880107
2012#1,886106
2011#1,728119
2010#1,738120
2009#1,733126
2008#1,589143
2007#1,695129
2006#1,342173
2005#1,319167
2004#1,180190
2003#1,038220
2002#991222
2001#834275
2000#785292
1999#756295
1998#715309
1997#590389
1996#522452
1995#510480#8,8685
1994#457559
1993#378678
1992#322847#6,6707
1991#2641,052#5,5219
1990#281989
1989#2631,012#4,52711
1988#262976#7,2705
1987#2431,065#3,73112
1986#2341,111#3,65312
1985#268935#6,5235
1984#275871#6,3155
1983#260918#4,1419
1982#264938
1981#2321,088#6,2625
1980#2501,026#4,9407
1979#2491,007#4,8427
1978#2381,028#5,0596
1977#2351,065#5,1236
1976#2171,127#5,5875
1975#2121,160#5,4645
1974#1911,326#3,12011
1973#1901,362#3,6948
1972#1911,494#4,4416
1971#1861,677#3,3709
1970#1901,724#3,8367
1969#1891,686#2,86110
1968#1831,752#4,1365
1967#1721,850#3,2317
1966#1721,963#2,9868
1965#1692,070#3,9305
1964#1622,380#2,8549
1963#1582,568#4,0485
1962#1572,611#3,0418
1961#1632,559#2,53811
1960#1592,647
1959#1712,243#3,6196
1958#1792,098#3,2757
1957#1672,297#3,5526
1956#1602,338#3,2167
1955#1532,376
1954#1482,488
1953#1392,608#3,1437
1952#1372,580
1951#1322,543#2,6629
1950#1312,413#3,6815
1949#1292,511#3,2986
1948#1292,331#2,7888
1947#1252,600#3,7335
1946#1212,412#2,9197
1945#1222,053#2,7437
1944#1172,255#2,30910
1943#1092,554#2,40510
1942#1042,688#2,14512
1941#982,596#2,6568
1940#902,727#2,4789
1939#822,893#2,4499
1938#912,802#2,4799
1937#902,741#1,82815
1936#942,552#1,96413
1935#1042,290#1,65618
1934#1062,293#2,12112
1933#1032,223#2,09312
1932#1062,291#2,46510
1931#1052,234#2,6519
1930#1062,434#2,60910
1929#1311,839#2,9808
1928#1261,944#2,8439
1927#1311,970#3,1518
1926#1361,871#3,1398
1925#1371,920#3,4087
1924#1342,066
1923#1312,029
1922#1282,005
1921#1252,096#2,80410
1920#1262,043
1919#1351,767#3,7366
1918#1311,774#4,1795
1917#1321,638
1916#1351,522
1915#1481,273
1914#150977
1913#159734
1912#166623
1911#169444
1910#179382
1909#188317
1908#186304
1907#186294
1906#185269
1905#195243
1904#203221
1903#214198
1902#211198
1901#226161
1900#206233
1899#215162
1898#209191
1897#216158
1896#210172
1895#207167
1894#214152
1893#216142
1892#227129
1891#241101
1890#214129
1889#225106
1888#200126
1887#22585
1886#21983
1885#22776
1884#22173
1883#22763
1882#20864
1881#26836
1880#20655
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jeanette was already there! It came in at #206, and was given to 55 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 37 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jeanette
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 388 spots since 2024 (#2,775#2,387)
  • 162 spots since 2020 (#2,549#2,387)
  • 362 spots since 2015 (#2,025#2,387)
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1882 (#268#208)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 2002 (#834#991)
Rise & fade · girls
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1939 at #82 (2,893 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1936–1941
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 379
  • Highest: 1 in 379 girls born in 1939 were named Jeanette (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 15.1% of all girls named Jeanette (24,753) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s767#200 (1888)#223
1890s1,503#207 (1895)#217
1900s2,438#185 (1906)#200
1910s11,134#131 (1918)#150
1920s19,783#125 (1921)#131
1930s24,753#82 (1939)#99
1940s24,727#90 (1940)#114
1950s23,984#131 (1950)#152
1960s22,086#157 (1962)#168
1970s12,970#186 (1971)#210
1980s9,940#232 (1981)#255
1990s6,050#264 (1991)#480
2000s1,937#785 (2000)#1,251
2010s965#1,728 (2011)#2,063
2020s403#2,387 (2025)#2,593

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.

Jeanette in 1931

girls
#105
2,234 births · 1 in 477 girls
boys
#2,651
9 births · 1 in 115,518 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #105Jeanette2,234

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #2,651Jeanette9
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 477 of them was named Jeanette, which outranked 97.9% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeanette
  1. #102Bertha2,364
  2. #103Agnes2,303
  3. #104Janice2,287
  4. #105Jeanette2,234
  5. #106Eileen2,224
  6. #107Margie2,206
  7. #108Kathryn2,202
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

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

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 115,518 of them was named Jeanette, which outranked 38.6% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeanette
  1. #2,471Wilmar10
  2. #2,471Ygnacio10
  3. #2,471Yoshito10
  4. #2,651Jeanette9
  5. #2,651Addie9
  6. #2,651Agnes9
  7. #2,651Albion9
  8. #2,864Abie8
  9. #2,864Acy8
  10. #2,864Addis8

Tied with 212 names at #2,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931