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

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Peak · girls
1916 · 1,082 births
Debut · girls
34 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
69,251
since 1880

Jeannette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jeannette has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #173, 1916girls
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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#5,23824—
2024#5,96220—
2023#5,39023—
2022#6,46418—
2021#6,96716—
2020#4,64828—
2019#4,54630—
2018#5,45423—
2017#4,47731—
2016#4,42332—
2015#3,98937—
2014#4,54431—
2013#4,07636—
2012#3,36448—
2011#3,78140—
2010#3,68942—
2009#3,94439—
2008#4,26836—
2007#3,42848—
2006#3,17652—
2005#2,73161—
2004#2,88955—
2003#2,73757—
2002#2,37967—
2001#2,28870—
2000#2,45762—
1999#1,91482—
1998#1,72192—
1997#1,65695—
1996#1,551102—
1995#1,176146—
1994#1,177150—
1993#972193—
1992#914214—
1991#692308—
1990#769266—
1989#657311—
1988#586346—
1987#578343—
1986#500425—
1985#539369—
1984#626283—
1983#557327—
1982#491415—
1981#493415—
1980#450474—
1979#493410—
1978#479408—
1977#444460—
1976#466406—
1975#452428—
1974#383542—
1973#381537—
1972#374574—
1971#349717—
1970#352714—
1969#342683#3,9356
1968#354632—
1967#351653—
1966#358643—
1965#346697—
1964#349732—
1963#334802—
1962#308908#4,0335
1961#316877—
1960#305938—
1959#296938—
1958#302886—
1957#314863—
1956#297902—
1955#293870—
1954#291855—
1953#274911—
1952#267898—
1951#268856—
1950#256884—
1949#251917—
1948#240957—
1947#237994—
1946#230965—
1945#236788—
1944#212931—
1943#2031,037—
1942#1941,055#3,2126
1941#198948—
1940#1811,039#2,4789
1939#1841,018—
1938#1861,044—
1937#1891,012—
1936#188955#3,5495
1935#186949#3,2526
1934#195919—
1933#203860—
1932#1751,080#3,3616
1931#185974—
1930#195987#3,5926
1929#201929—
1928#211889—
1927#209910—
1926#207920—
1925#1951,050—
1924#2011,032—
1923#1941,081—
1922#1971,027—
1921#1911,094—
1920#1891,060—
1919#1841,068—
1918#1851,077—
1917#1771,113—
1916#1731,082—
1915#187903—
1914#189699—
1913#192570—
1912#199487—
1911#192373—
1910#191347—
1909#190311—
1908#208260—
1907#213235—
1906#209216—
1905#216205—
1904#208212—
1903#236161—
1902#228174—
1901#220167—
1900#248170—
1899#251125—
1898#245144—
1897#230144—
1896#236135—
1895#224150—
1894#232133—
1893#219139—
1892#239122—
1891#24498—
1890#25099—
1889#24392—
1888#221109—
1887#21195—
1886#23775—
1885#21981—
1884#23963—
1883#24753—
1882#22160—
1881#24043—
1880#26534—
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 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedAKMaine: #159 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 891 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #131 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 690 girlsNHWashington: #198 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,301 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #256 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,369 girlsMNIllinois: #204 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,611 girlsILWisconsin: #364 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,264 girlsWIMichigan: #276 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,711 girlsMINew York: #210 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 1,400 girlsNYMassachusetts: #192 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,766 girlsMARhode Island: #124 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 663 girlsRIOregon: #279 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,158 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedSDIowa: #197 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,539 girlsIAIndiana: #531 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,372 girlsINOhio: #218 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,812 girlsOHPennsylvania: #262 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,435 girlsPANew Jersey: #221 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsNJConnecticut: #162 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,091 girlsCTCalifornia: #203 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 1,276 girlsCAUtah: #277 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,704 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedCONebraska: #176 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,205 girlsNEMissouri: #284 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,812 girlsMOKentucky: #362 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,728 girlsKYWest Virginia: #290 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,546 girlsWVVirginia: #369 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,885 girlsVAMaryland: #157 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 845 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jeannette, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #192 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 905 girlsNMKansas: #206 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,495 girlsKSArkansas: #242 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsARTennessee: #329 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,058 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #296 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,299 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #253 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,625 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #185 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,073 girlsDCOklahoma: #305 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,406 girlsOKLouisiana: #262 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,545 girlsLAMississippi: #269 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,667 girlsMSAlabama: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,832 girlsALGeorgia: #198 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,021 girlsGAHawaii: #248 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,065 girlsHITexas: #486 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,350 girlsTXFlorida: #216 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,230 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#124 · 1 in 663
  2. New Hampshire#131 · 1 in 690
  3. Maryland#157 · 1 in 845
  4. Maine#159 · 1 in 891
  5. Connecticut#162 · 1 in 1,091

Best ever in a state: #21 in New Hampshire, 1920.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#124111 in 663
New Hampshire#13171 in 690
Maryland#157271 in 845
Maine#159101 in 891
Connecticut#162161 in 1,091
Nebraska#176111 in 1,205
District of Columbia#185111 in 1,073
Massachusetts#192251 in 1,766
New Mexico#192101 in 905
Iowa#197181 in 1,539
Georgia#198411 in 1,021
Washington#198191 in 1,301
California#203891 in 1,276
Illinois#204541 in 1,611
Kansas#206121 in 1,495
New York#2101021 in 1,400
Florida#216231 in 1,230
Ohio#218471 in 1,812
New Jersey#221231 in 1,870
Arkansas#242141 in 1,524
Hawaii#24851 in 1,065
South Carolina#253171 in 1,625
Minnesota#256141 in 2,369
Louisiana#262221 in 1,545
Pennsylvania#262421 in 2,435
Mississippi#269171 in 1,667
Michigan#276271 in 2,711
Utah#27751 in 1,704
Oregon#27971 in 2,158
Missouri#284141 in 2,812
West Virginia#29091 in 2,546
North Carolina#296211 in 2,299
Oklahoma#30591 in 2,406
Tennessee#329121 in 3,058
Alabama#331131 in 2,832
Kentucky#36291 in 3,728
Wisconsin#36471 in 5,264
Virginia#36991 in 3,885
Texas#486221 in 4,350
Indiana#53151 in 8,372
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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.

See more about Jeannette
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s705#211 (1887)#234
1890s1,289#219 (1893)#237
1900s2,111#190 (1909)#218
1910s7,719#173 (1916)#187
1920s9,992#189 (1920)#200
1930s9,798#175 (1932)#189
1940s9,631#181 (1940)#218
1950s8,863#256 (1950)#286
1960s7,565#305 (1960)#336
1970s5,196#349 (1971)#417
1980s3,708#450 (1980)#548
1990s1,648#692 (1991)#1,254
2000s547#2,288 (2001)#3,030
2010s350#3,364 (2012)#4,234
2020s129#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 1950

girls
#256
884 births · 1 in 1,938 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #256Jeannette884
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 1,938 of them was named Jeannette, which outranked 95.8% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeannette
  1. #253Deanna891
  2. #254Betsy890
  3. #254Irma890
  4. #256Jeannette884
  5. #257Caroline879
  6. #258Minnie877
  7. #259Rosalie874
Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →