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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Jeannette has never cracked the top 100 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 | #5,238 | 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 | — | |
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.
See more about Jeannette
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1916 at #173 (1,082 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 57 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1993
- Highest: 1 in 965 girls born in 1916 were named Jeannette (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 1,101 of them was named Jeannette, which outranked 96.4% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 128,797 of them was named Jeannette, which outranked 37.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,322Watt10
- #2,322Woodson10
- #2,322Yvonne10
- #2,478Jeannette9
- #2,478Abie9
- #2,478Admiral9
- #2,478Alen9
- #2,671Alger8
- #2,671Ali8
- #2,671Alven8
Tied with 192 names at #2,478; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.