Janette
#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 699 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,172since 1880
Janette over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Janette has never cracked the top 300 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 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,559 | 43 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,060 | 54 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,129 | 53 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,484 | 72 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,373 | 78 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,258 | 83 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,959 | 102 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,286 | 85 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,865 | 114 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,672 | 132 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,597 | 134 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,500 | 139 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,329 | 160 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,249 | 168 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,179 | 174 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,063 | 200 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,094 | 188 | — | |
| 1999 | #928 | 227 | — | |
| 1998 | #958 | 214 | — | |
| 1997 | #911 | 220 | — | |
| 1996 | #864 | 230 | — | |
| 1995 | #898 | 211 | — | |
| 1994 | #775 | 262 | — | |
| 1993 | #709 | 301 | — | |
| 1992 | #685 | 316 | — | |
| 1991 | #671 | 321 | — | |
| 1990 | #631 | 355 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #613 | 347 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #631 | 315 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #620 | 312 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #593 | 325 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #653 | 280 | — | |
| 1984 | #663 | 263 | — | |
| 1983 | #559 | 325 | — | |
| 1982 | #518 | 385 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #562 | 330 | — | |
| 1980 | #589 | 314 | — | |
| 1979 | #564 | 325 | — | |
| 1978 | #574 | 299 | — | |
| 1977 | #544 | 328 | — | |
| 1976 | #549 | 313 | — | |
| 1975 | #500 | 359 | — | |
| 1974 | #509 | 341 | — | |
| 1973 | #490 | 359 | — | |
| 1972 | #490 | 363 | — | |
| 1971 | #470 | 424 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #471 | 436 | — | |
| 1969 | #440 | 479 | — | |
| 1968 | #452 | 451 | — | |
| 1967 | #443 | 453 | — | |
| 1966 | #416 | 501 | — | |
| 1965 | #426 | 484 | — | |
| 1964 | #403 | 586 | — | |
| 1963 | #413 | 541 | — | |
| 1962 | #391 | 589 | — | |
| 1961 | #405 | 577 | — | |
| 1960 | #404 | 560 | — | |
| 1959 | #407 | 536 | — | |
| 1958 | #391 | 547 | — | |
| 1957 | #358 | 642 | — | |
| 1956 | #350 | 618 | — | |
| 1955 | #330 | 665 | — | |
| 1954 | #319 | 695 | — | |
| 1953 | #310 | 699 | — | |
| 1952 | #351 | 545 | — | |
| 1951 | #324 | 599 | — | |
| 1950 | #326 | 551 | — | |
| 1949 | #345 | 502 | — | |
| 1948 | #390 | 415 | — | |
| 1947 | #394 | 412 | — | |
| 1946 | #388 | 382 | — | |
| 1945 | #411 | 301 | — | |
| 1944 | #402 | 315 | — | |
| 1943 | #395 | 343 | — | |
| 1942 | #385 | 343 | — | |
| 1941 | #402 | 287 | — | |
| 1940 | #369 | 318 | — | |
| 1939 | #375 | 308 | — | |
| 1938 | #376 | 309 | — | |
| 1937 | #375 | 296 | — | |
| 1936 | #380 | 281 | — | |
| 1935 | #399 | 262 | — | |
| 1934 | #384 | 278 | — | |
| 1933 | #379 | 288 | — | |
| 1932 | #407 | 256 | — | |
| 1931 | #409 | 250 | — | |
| 1930 | #480 | 195 | — | |
| 1929 | #531 | 163 | — | |
| 1928 | #575 | 151 | — | |
| 1927 | #541 | 171 | — | |
| 1926 | #539 | 167 | — | |
| 1925 | #526 | 183 | — | |
| 1924 | #585 | 158 | — | |
| 1923 | #595 | 148 | — | |
| 1922 | #549 | 168 | — | |
| 1921 | #566 | 160 | — | |
| 1920 | #602 | 142 | — | |
| 1919 | #632 | 122 | — | |
| 1918 | #604 | 139 | — | |
| 1917 | #690 | 99 | — | |
| 1916 | #700 | 96 | — | |
| 1915 | #615 | 113 | — | |
| 1914 | #661 | 77 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #717 | 49 | — | |
| 1911 | #766 | 32 | — | |
| 1910 | #845 | 26 | — | |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 | — | |
| 1908 | #742 | 27 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 | — | |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 | — | |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 | — | |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 | — | |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 | — | |
| 1899 | #791 | 17 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Janette was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Janette is popular in 1941
- 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
- North Dakota#173 · 1 in 881
- Kansas#226 · 1 in 1,826
- Michigan#231 · 1 in 2,176
- Washington#247 · 1 in 1,832
- Arkansas#272 · 1 in 1,786
Best ever in a state: #126 in Utah, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #173 | 6 | 1 in 881 |
| Kansas | #226 | 7 | 1 in 1,826 |
| Michigan | #231 | 22 | 1 in 2,176 |
| Washington | #247 | 7 | 1 in 1,832 |
| Arkansas | #272 | 11 | 1 in 1,786 |
| South Carolina | #280 | 11 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Tennessee | #304 | 11 | 1 in 2,672 |
| West Virginia | #312 | 7 | 1 in 2,798 |
| Kentucky | #327 | 10 | 1 in 2,861 |
| Oklahoma | #330 | 8 | 1 in 2,533 |
| Iowa | #336 | 5 | 1 in 4,064 |
| Georgia | #348 | 10 | 1 in 3,254 |
| Illinois | #359 | 15 | 1 in 4,075 |
| Massachusetts | #360 | 5 | 1 in 6,335 |
| Minnesota | #362 | 5 | 1 in 4,644 |
| Florida | #371 | 5 | 1 in 3,236 |
| Texas | #372 | 25 | 1 in 2,550 |
| Missouri | #375 | 7 | 1 in 4,259 |
| California | #381 | 15 | 1 in 3,716 |
| North Carolina | #381 | 9 | 1 in 4,335 |
| Louisiana | #383 | 8 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Mississippi | #410 | 6 | 1 in 3,847 |
| Indiana | #413 | 5 | 1 in 5,756 |
| Virginia | #418 | 5 | 1 in 5,214 |
| New York | #495 | 12 | 1 in 8,038 |
| Ohio | #536 | 6 | 1 in 9,527 |
| Pennsylvania | #584 | 6 | 1 in 13,094 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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
- 327 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #5,099)
- 342 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #5,099)
- 1,970 spots since 2015 (#3,129 → #5,099)
- Biggest jump: 758 spots in 1903 (#1,594 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 847 spots in 1902 (#747 → #1,594)
Rise & fade · girls
73 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1953 at #310 (699 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 111 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1907–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,691
- Highest: 1 in 2,691 girls born in 1953 were named Janette (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 19.0% of all girls named Janette (6,097) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | #582 (1881) | #758 |
| 1890s | 124 | #638 (1892) | #909 |
| 1900s | 196 | #734 (1905) | #885 |
| 1910s | 805 | #604 (1918) | #695 |
| 1920s | 1,611 | #526 (1925) | #561 |
| 1930s | 2,723 | #375 (1939) | #396 |
| 1940s | 3,618 | #345 (1949) | #388 |
| 1950s | 6,097 | #310 (1953) | #347 |
| 1960s | 5,221 | #391 (1962) | #419 |
| 1970s | 3,547 | #470 (1971) | #516 |
| 1980s | 3,196 | #518 (1982) | #600 |
| 1990s | 2,657 | #631 (1990) | #803 |
| 2000s | 1,494 | #1,063 (2001) | #1,483 |
| 2010s | 626 | #1,959 (2010) | #2,912 |
| 2020s | 193 | #3,709 (2023) | #4,406 |
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.
Janette in 1941
girls
#402
287 births · 1 in 4,209 girls
Top girls' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 4,209 of them was named Janette, which outranked 92.1% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Janette
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.