Jeanette

#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1939 · 2,893 births
Debut · girls
55 births
In top 100 · girls
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
163,440
since 1880

Jeanette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #82, 1939girls
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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#2,38775—
2024#2,77561—
2023#2,75762—
2022#2,53070—
2021#2,55868—
2020#2,54967—
2019#2,53869—
2018#2,36177—
2017#2,12990—
2016#2,38578—
2015#2,02597—
2014#1,956102—
2013#1,880107—
2012#1,886106—
2011#1,728119—
2010#1,738120—
2009#1,733126—
2008#1,589143—
2007#1,695129—
2006#1,342173—
2005#1,319167—
2004#1,180190—
2003#1,038220—
2002#991222—
2001#834275—
2000#785292—
1999#756295—
1998#715309—
1997#590389—
1996#522452—
1995#510480#8,8685
1994#457559—
1993#378678—
1992#322847#6,6707
1991#2641,052#5,5219
1990#281989—
1989#2631,012#4,52711
1988#262976#7,2705
1987#2431,065#3,73112
1986#2341,111#3,65312
1985#268935#6,5235
1984#275871#6,3155
1983#260918#4,1419
1982#264938—
1981#2321,088#6,2625
1980#2501,026#4,9407
1979#2491,007#4,8427
1978#2381,028#5,0596
1977#2351,065#5,1236
1976#2171,127#5,5875
1975#2121,160#5,4645
1974#1911,326#3,12011
1973#1901,362#3,6948
1972#1911,494#4,4416
1971#1861,677#3,3709
1970#1901,724#3,8367
1969#1891,686#2,86110
1968#1831,752#4,1365
1967#1721,850#3,2317
1966#1721,963#2,9868
1965#1692,070#3,9305
1964#1622,380#2,8549
1963#1582,568#4,0485
1962#1572,611#3,0418
1961#1632,559#2,53811
1960#1592,647—
1959#1712,243#3,6196
1958#1792,098#3,2757
1957#1672,297#3,5526
1956#1602,338#3,2167
1955#1532,376—
1954#1482,488—
1953#1392,608#3,1437
1952#1372,580—
1951#1322,543#2,6629
1950#1312,413#3,6815
1949#1292,511#3,2986
1948#1292,331#2,7888
1947#1252,600#3,7335
1946#1212,412#2,9197
1945#1222,053#2,7437
1944#1172,255#2,30910
1943#1092,554#2,40510
1942#1042,688#2,14512
1941#982,596#2,6568
1940#902,727#2,4789
1939#822,893#2,4499
1938#912,802#2,4799
1937#902,741#1,82815
1936#942,552#1,96413
1935#1042,290#1,65618
1934#1062,293#2,12112
1933#1032,223#2,09312
1932#1062,291#2,46510
1931#1052,234#2,6519
1930#1062,434#2,60910
1929#1311,839#2,9808
1928#1261,944#2,8439
1927#1311,970#3,1518
1926#1361,871#3,1398
1925#1371,920#3,4087
1924#1342,066—
1923#1312,029—
1922#1282,005—
1921#1252,096#2,80410
1920#1262,043—
1919#1351,767#3,7366
1918#1311,774#4,1795
1917#1321,638—
1916#1351,522—
1915#1481,273—
1914#150977—
1913#159734—
1912#166623—
1911#169444—
1910#179382—
1909#188317—
1908#186304—
1907#186294—
1906#185269—
1905#195243—
1904#203221—
1903#214198—
1902#211198—
1901#226161—
1900#206233—
1899#215162—
1898#209191—
1897#216158—
1896#210172—
1895#207167—
1894#214152—
1893#216142—
1892#227129—
1891#241101—
1890#214129—
1889#225106—
1888#200126—
1887#22585—
1886#21983—
1885#22776—
1884#22173—
1883#22763—
1882#20864—
1881#26836—
1880#20655—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jeanette was already there! It came in at #206, and was given to 55 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 37 girls a year got the name.

Where Jeanette is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #112 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 360 girlsAKMaine: #219 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,281 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jeanette, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jeanette, so not publishedNHWashington: #170 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 728 girlsWAIdaho: #191 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 732 girlsIDMontana: #156 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 597 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jeanette, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #165 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 807 girlsMNIllinois: #157 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 727 girlsILWisconsin: #173 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,042 girlsWIMichigan: #196 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 1,070 girlsMINew York: #121 for girls · 282 births · 1 in 570 girlsNYMassachusetts: #276 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,182 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jeanette, so not publishedRIOregon: #131 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 508 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jeanette, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jeanette, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #184 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 782 girlsSDIowa: #194 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,006 girlsIAIndiana: #186 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 937 girlsINOhio: #162 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 790 girlsOHPennsylvania: #156 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 794 girlsPANew Jersey: #134 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 625 girlsNJConnecticut: #180 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,009 girlsCTCalifornia: #119 for girls · 319 births · 1 in 539 girlsCAUtah: #148 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 553 girlsUTColorado: #136 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 522 girlsCONebraska: #152 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 651 girlsNEMissouri: #158 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 693 girlsMOKentucky: #221 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,354 girlsKYWest Virginia: #209 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,172 girlsWVVirginia: #141 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 595 girlsVAMaryland: #155 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 733 girlsMDDelaware: #163 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 716 girlsDEArizona: #227 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 975 girlsAZNew Mexico: #117 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 407 girlsNMKansas: #144 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 613 girlsKSArkansas: #178 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 829 girlsARTennessee: #253 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,583 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #176 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 854 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #137 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 560 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #155 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 693 girlsDCOklahoma: #214 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,051 girlsOKLouisiana: #160 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 712 girlsLAMississippi: #100 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 391 girlsMSAlabama: #173 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 804 girlsALGeorgia: #174 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 828 girlsGAHawaii: #226 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 827 girlsHITexas: #189 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 834 girlsTXFlorida: #165 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 706 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#100 · 1 in 391
  2. Alaska#112 · 1 in 360
  3. New Mexico#117 · 1 in 407
  4. California#119 · 1 in 539
  5. New York#121 · 1 in 570

Best ever in a state: #28 in Hawaii, 1938.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#100581 in 391
Alaska#11271 in 360
New Mexico#117261 in 407
California#1193191 in 539
New York#1212821 in 570
Oregon#131271 in 508
New Jersey#134911 in 625
Colorado#136341 in 522
South Carolina#137431 in 560
Virginia#141671 in 595
Kansas#144281 in 613
Utah#148171 in 553
Nebraska#152201 in 651
District of Columbia#155181 in 693
Maryland#155411 in 733
Montana#15691 in 597
Pennsylvania#1561261 in 794
Illinois#1571351 in 727
Missouri#158571 in 693
Louisiana#160511 in 712
Ohio#1621191 in 790
Delaware#16361 in 716
Florida#165681 in 706
Minnesota#165421 in 807
Washington#170331 in 728
Alabama#173401 in 804
Wisconsin#173381 in 1,042
Georgia#174531 in 828
North Carolina#176541 in 854
Arkansas#178211 in 829
Connecticut#180241 in 1,009
South Dakota#18481 in 782
Indiana#186501 in 937
Texas#1891251 in 834
Idaho#19171 in 732
Iowa#194241 in 1,006
Michigan#196731 in 1,070
West Virginia#209131 in 1,172
Oklahoma#214181 in 1,051
Maine#21971 in 1,281
Kentucky#221221 in 1,354
Hawaii#22671 in 827
Arizona#227151 in 975
Tennessee#253221 in 1,583
Massachusetts#276231 in 2,182
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North Dakota———
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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 Jeanette
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 388 spots since 2024 (#2,775 → #2,387)
  • 162 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #2,387)
  • 362 spots since 2015 (#2,025 → #2,387)
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1882 (#268 → #208)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 2002 (#834 → #991)
Rise & fade · girls
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1939 at #82 (2,893 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1936–1941
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 379
  • Highest: 1 in 379 girls born in 1939 were named Jeanette (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 15.1% of all girls named Jeanette (24,753) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s767#200 (1888)#223
1890s1,503#207 (1895)#217
1900s2,438#185 (1906)#200
1910s11,134#131 (1918)#150
1920s19,783#125 (1921)#131
1930s24,753#82 (1939)#99
1940s24,727#90 (1940)#114
1950s23,984#131 (1950)#152
1960s22,086#157 (1962)#168
1970s12,970#186 (1971)#210
1980s9,940#232 (1981)#255
1990s6,050#264 (1991)#480
2000s1,937#785 (2000)#1,251
2010s965#1,728 (2011)#2,063
2020s403#2,387 (2025)#2,593

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.

Jeanette in 1964

girls
#162
2,380 births · 1 in 796 girls
boys
#2,854
9 births · 1 in 221,411 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #162Jeanette2,380

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #2,854Jeanette9
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 796 of them was named Jeanette, which outranked 97.9% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeanette
  1. #159Alicia2,417
  2. #160Heather2,386
  3. #161Belinda2,382
  4. #162Jeanette2,380
  5. #162Evelyn2,380
  6. #164Carmen2,376
  7. #165Lorraine2,356
  8. #166Sara2,355

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 221,411 of them was named Jeanette, which outranked 37.9% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeanette
  1. #2,665Zan10
  2. #2,665Zebedee10
  3. #2,665Zenon10
  4. #2,854Jeanette9
  5. #2,854Abdul9
  6. #2,854Adelbert9
  7. #2,854Aden9
  8. #3,050Agustine8
  9. #3,050Aharon8
  10. #3,050Alejo8

Tied with 195 names at #2,854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →