Jeannette
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #3,935
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1916 · 1,082 births
- Debut · girls
- 34 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 69,251since 1880
Jeannette over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jeannette has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #5,238 | 24 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,781 | 40 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,689 | 42 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,428 | 48 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,731 | 61 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,889 | 55 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,737 | 57 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,379 | 67 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,288 | 70 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,457 | 62 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,914 | 82 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,721 | 92 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,656 | 95 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,551 | 102 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,176 | 146 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,177 | 150 | — | |
| 1993 | #972 | 193 | — | |
| 1992 | #914 | 214 | — | |
| 1991 | #692 | 308 | — | |
| 1990 | #769 | 266 | — | |
| 1989 | #657 | 311 | — | |
| 1988 | #586 | 346 | — | |
| 1987 | #578 | 343 | — | |
| 1986 | #500 | 425 | — | |
| 1985 | #539 | 369 | — | |
| 1984 | #626 | 283 | — | |
| 1983 | #557 | 327 | — | |
| 1982 | #491 | 415 | — | |
| 1981 | #493 | 415 | — | |
| 1980 | #450 | 474 | — | |
| 1979 | #493 | 410 | — | |
| 1978 | #479 | 408 | — | |
| 1977 | #444 | 460 | — | |
| 1976 | #466 | 406 | — | |
| 1975 | #452 | 428 | — | |
| 1974 | #383 | 542 | — | |
| 1973 | #381 | 537 | — | |
| 1972 | #374 | 574 | — | |
| 1971 | #349 | 717 | — | |
| 1970 | #352 | 714 | — | |
| 1969 | #342 | 683 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #354 | 632 | — | |
| 1967 | #351 | 653 | — | |
| 1966 | #358 | 643 | — | |
| 1965 | #346 | 697 | — | |
| 1964 | #349 | 732 | — | |
| 1963 | #334 | 802 | — | |
| 1962 | #308 | 908 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #316 | 877 | — | |
| 1960 | #305 | 938 | — | |
| 1959 | #296 | 938 | — | |
| 1958 | #302 | 886 | — | |
| 1957 | #314 | 863 | — | |
| 1956 | #297 | 902 | — | |
| 1955 | #293 | 870 | — | |
| 1954 | #291 | 855 | — | |
| 1953 | #274 | 911 | — | |
| 1952 | #267 | 898 | — | |
| 1951 | #268 | 856 | — | |
| 1950 | #256 | 884 | — | |
| 1949 | #251 | 917 | — | |
| 1948 | #240 | 957 | — | |
| 1947 | #237 | 994 | — | |
| 1946 | #230 | 965 | — | |
| 1945 | #236 | 788 | — | |
| 1944 | #212 | 931 | — | |
| 1943 | #203 | 1,037 | — | |
| 1942 | #194 | 1,055 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #198 | 948 | — | |
| 1940 | #181 | 1,039 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #184 | 1,018 | — | |
| 1938 | #186 | 1,044 | — | |
| 1937 | #189 | 1,012 | — | |
| 1936 | #188 | 955 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #186 | 949 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #195 | 919 | — | |
| 1933 | #203 | 860 | — | |
| 1932 | #175 | 1,080 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #185 | 974 | — | |
| 1930 | #195 | 987 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #201 | 929 | — | |
| 1928 | #211 | 889 | — | |
| 1927 | #209 | 910 | — | |
| 1926 | #207 | 920 | — | |
| 1925 | #195 | 1,050 | — | |
| 1924 | #201 | 1,032 | — | |
| 1923 | #194 | 1,081 | — | |
| 1922 | #197 | 1,027 | — | |
| 1921 | #191 | 1,094 | — | |
| 1920 | #189 | 1,060 | — | |
| 1919 | #184 | 1,068 | — | |
| 1918 | #185 | 1,077 | — | |
| 1917 | #177 | 1,113 | — | |
| 1916 | #173 | 1,082 | — | |
| 1915 | #187 | 903 | — | |
| 1914 | #189 | 699 | — | |
| 1913 | #192 | 570 | — | |
| 1912 | #199 | 487 | — | |
| 1911 | #192 | 373 | — | |
| 1910 | #191 | 347 | — | |
| 1909 | #190 | 311 | — | |
| 1908 | #208 | 260 | — | |
| 1907 | #213 | 235 | — | |
| 1906 | #209 | 216 | — | |
| 1905 | #216 | 205 | — | |
| 1904 | #208 | 212 | — | |
| 1903 | #236 | 161 | — | |
| 1902 | #228 | 174 | — | |
| 1901 | #220 | 167 | — | |
| 1900 | #248 | 170 | — | |
| 1899 | #251 | 125 | — | |
| 1898 | #245 | 144 | — | |
| 1897 | #230 | 144 | — | |
| 1896 | #236 | 135 | — | |
| 1895 | #224 | 150 | — | |
| 1894 | #232 | 133 | — | |
| 1893 | #219 | 139 | — | |
| 1892 | #239 | 122 | — | |
| 1891 | #244 | 98 | — | |
| 1890 | #250 | 99 | — | |
| 1889 | #243 | 92 | — | |
| 1888 | #221 | 109 | — | |
| 1887 | #211 | 95 | — | |
| 1886 | #237 | 75 | — | |
| 1885 | #219 | 81 | — | |
| 1884 | #239 | 63 | — | |
| 1883 | #247 | 53 | — | |
| 1882 | #221 | 60 | — | |
| 1881 | #240 | 43 | — | |
| 1880 | #265 | 34 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jeannette was already there! It came in at #265, and was given to 34 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 25 girls a year got the name.
Where Jeannette is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Vermont#47 · 1 in 147
- Rhode Island#57 · 1 in 180
- New Hampshire#58 · 1 in 171
- Maine#58 · 1 in 201
- Maryland#78 · 1 in 319
Best ever in a state: #21 in New Hampshire, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #47 | 16 | 1 in 147 |
| Rhode Island | #57 | 24 | 1 in 180 |
| Maine | #58 | 31 | 1 in 201 |
| New Hampshire | #58 | 18 | 1 in 171 |
| Maryland | #78 | 39 | 1 in 319 |
| Massachusetts | #86 | 74 | 1 in 380 |
| Delaware | #87 | 5 | 1 in 303 |
| Connecticut | #111 | 18 | 1 in 548 |
| South Dakota | #117 | 9 | 1 in 510 |
| Nebraska | #121 | 14 | 1 in 645 |
| District of Columbia | #123 | 9 | 1 in 555 |
| Michigan | #125 | 63 | 1 in 671 |
| Hawaii | #131 | 7 | 1 in 432 |
| Utah | #133 | 9 | 1 in 531 |
| Washington | #137 | 18 | 1 in 608 |
| Pennsylvania | #148 | 86 | 1 in 865 |
| Minnesota | #150 | 22 | 1 in 955 |
| Ohio | #153 | 53 | 1 in 964 |
| New York | #155 | 95 | 1 in 901 |
| California | #157 | 56 | 1 in 795 |
| Wisconsin | #161 | 20 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Florida | #162 | 21 | 1 in 646 |
| North Dakota | #164 | 7 | 1 in 753 |
| Louisiana | #175 | 31 | 1 in 717 |
| New Jersey | #177 | 20 | 1 in 1,235 |
| Illinois | #187 | 38 | 1 in 1,453 |
| Indiana | #193 | 17 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Iowa | #196 | 12 | 1 in 1,576 |
| Oregon | #196 | 5 | 1 in 1,253 |
| North Carolina | #210 | 29 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Colorado | #223 | 7 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Arizona | #225 | 5 | 1 in 938 |
| Georgia | #236 | 22 | 1 in 1,401 |
| Virginia | #237 | 14 | 1 in 1,702 |
| South Carolina | #249 | 12 | 1 in 1,708 |
| Missouri | #271 | 12 | 1 in 2,236 |
| Alabama | #295 | 14 | 1 in 2,095 |
| Kansas | #297 | 5 | 1 in 2,460 |
| Mississippi | #303 | 11 | 1 in 2,050 |
| Tennessee | #325 | 9 | 1 in 3,014 |
| Texas | #340 | 27 | 1 in 2,137 |
| Oklahoma | #352 | 8 | 1 in 2,541 |
| Kentucky | #373 | 8 | 1 in 3,528 |
| West Virginia | #374 | 5 | 1 in 3,809 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 724 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #5,238)
- 590 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #5,238)
- 1,249 spots since 2015 (#3,989 → #5,238)
- Biggest jump: 87 spots in 1985 (#626 → #539)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1992 (#692 → #914)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1916 at #173 (1,082 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 114 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 965
- Highest: 1 in 965 girls born in 1916 were named Jeannette (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 14.4% of all girls named Jeannette (9,992) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 705 | #211 (1887) | #234 |
| 1890s | 1,289 | #219 (1893) | #237 |
| 1900s | 2,111 | #190 (1909) | #218 |
| 1910s | 7,719 | #173 (1916) | #187 |
| 1920s | 9,992 | #189 (1920) | #200 |
| 1930s | 9,798 | #175 (1932) | #189 |
| 1940s | 9,631 | #181 (1940) | #218 |
| 1950s | 8,863 | #256 (1950) | #286 |
| 1960s | 7,565 | #305 (1960) | #336 |
| 1970s | 5,196 | #349 (1971) | #417 |
| 1980s | 3,708 | #450 (1980) | #548 |
| 1990s | 1,648 | #692 (1991) | #1,254 |
| 2000s | 547 | #2,288 (2001) | #3,030 |
| 2010s | 350 | #3,364 (2012) | #4,234 |
| 2020s | 129 | #4,648 (2020) | #5,778 |
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.
Jeannette in 1938
girls
#186
1,044 births · 1 in 1,057 girls
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 1,057 of them was named Jeannette, which outranked 96.3% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Jeannette
Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.