Jennette

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682

Peak · girls
1885 · 11 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,522
since 1880

Jennette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jennette has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #658, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018#15,6825
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014#14,5586
2013—
2012—
2011#12,1538
2010#16,9925
2009—
2008#17,5045
2007#12,6768
2006—
2005#13,0107
2004#11,6248
2003#15,7845
2002#10,2469
2001#8,75811
2000#10,7458
1999#6,48415
1998#12,4266
1997#6,84413
1996#7,13012
1995#5,43917
1994#7,09712
1993#7,49811
1992#3,34333
1991#3,81727
1990#3,43631
1989#4,02024
1988#4,30820
1987#2,43442
1986#2,26545
1985#2,02153
1984#1,90555
1983#1,81758
1982#1,62171
1981#1,50480
1980#1,70466
1979#1,62369
1978#1,59867
1977#1,87753
1976#1,44672
1975#1,52766
1974#1,53263
1973#1,66654
1972#1,47365
1971#1,58660
1970#1,57061
1969#1,53160
1968#1,94038
1967#1,53753
1966#1,58650
1965#1,65546
1964#1,94737
1963#1,68346
1962#1,78241
1961#1,66646
1960#1,81139
1959#1,88135
1958#1,93932
1957#1,72839
1956#1,61743
1955#1,80334
1954#1,54043
1953#1,37350
1952#1,89228
1951#1,48140
1950#1,41142
1949#1,56435
1948#1,47339
1947#1,41343
1946#1,23948
1945#1,37434
1944#1,20543
1943#1,79123
1942#1,36735
1941#1,53826
1940#1,59124
1939#1,19437
1938#1,12741
1937#1,91417
1936#1,54923
1935#1,41827
1934#1,44026
1933#1,55223
1932#1,44827
1931#1,63522
1930#1,93418
1929#1,59824
1928#1,73823
1927#1,61926
1926#1,38833
1925#1,84722
1924#2,66113
1923#2,46514
1922#1,83622
1921#1,62527
1920#1,43931
1919#1,36932
1918#1,36032
1917#1,24134
1916#1,73920
1915#1,47524
1914#1,34422
1913#1,35818
1912#1,29717
1911#1,37212
1910#1,26713
1909#1,21912
1908#1,8626
1907#1,5128
1906—
1905#1,5387
1904#1,6596
1903#89615
1902#1,3208
1901#1,2278
1900#1,4318
1899—
1898#1,2638
1897#1,0949
1896#95012
1895#81515
1894#95011
1893#1,2776
1892#72616
1891—
1890#1,0068
1889#1,1476
1888#1,1366
1887#1,0366
1886#9936
1885#65811
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jennette was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jennette is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Jennette
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 424 spots in 1903 (#1,320 → #896)
  • Biggest drop: 763 spots in 1904 (#896 → #1,659)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #658 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1894–1896
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,096
  • Highest: 1 in 12,096 girls born in 1885 were named Jennette (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Jennette (630) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#658 (1885)#951
1890s85#726 (1892)#1,010
1900s78#896 (1903)#1,407
1910s224#1,241 (1917)#1,382
1920s235#1,388 (1926)#1,822
1930s261#1,127 (1938)#1,521
1940s350#1,205 (1944)#1,456
1950s386#1,373 (1953)#1,667
1960s456#1,531 (1969)#1,714
1970s630#1,446 (1976)#1,590
1980s514#1,504 (1981)#2,360
1990s177#3,343 (1992)#6,351
2000s61#8,758 (2001)#12,543
2010s24#12,153 (2011)#14,846

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.

Jennette in 1896

girls
#950
12 births · 1 in 19,827 girls

Top girls' names in 1896

  1. #1Mary13,811
  2. #2Anna5,860
  3. #3Helen4,392
  4. #4Margaret4,050
  5. #5Ruth3,905
  6. #6Ethel3,502
  7. #7Elizabeth3,471
  8. #8Florence3,323
  9. #9Marie3,087
  10. #10Emma2,872
  11. #950Jennette12
More about 1896

girls

237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 19,827 of them was named Jennette, which outranked 47.9% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jennette
  1. #903Vannie13
  2. #903Velda13
  3. #903Venus13
  4. #950Jennette12
  5. #950Adda12
  6. #950Aggie12
  7. #950Albertina12
  8. #999Altie11
  9. #999Ammie11
  10. #999Annabell11

Tied with 48 names at #950; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 749Jeanie#1,592 → #843
  2. ↑ 698Vernice#1,426 → #728
  3. ↑ 689Buena#1,592 → #903
  4. ↑ 689Odell#1,592 → #903
  5. ↑ 642Albertina#1,592 → #950
Fallers
  1. ↓ 858Theodosia#725 → #1,583
  2. ↓ 794Dagmar#622 → #1,416
  3. ↓ 725Carl#858 → #1,583
  4. ↓ 691Palma#725 → #1,416
  5. ↓ 690Adline#893 → #1,583

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

See the top 100 for 1896 →