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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

girls
#106
2,291 births · 1 in 466 girls
boys
#2,465
10 births · 1 in 104,416 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #106Jeanette2,291

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #2,465Jeanette10
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 466 of them was named Jeanette, which outranked 97.9% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeanette
  1. #103Jo2,388
  2. #104Ellen2,370
  3. #105Ida2,317
  4. #106Jeanette2,291
  5. #107Kathryn2,263
  6. #108Ella2,256
  7. #109Roberta2,243
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 104,416 of them was named Jeanette, which outranked 42.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeanette
  1. #2,313Wilmon11
  2. #2,313Winfrey11
  3. #2,313Zygmunt11
  4. #2,465Jeanette10
  5. #2,465Abbott10
  6. #2,465Adelard10
  7. #2,465Almer10
  8. #2,638Abran9
  9. #2,638Acy9
  10. #2,638Admiral9

Tied with 172 names at #2,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932