Recorded 1940–2008 Girls' name Peak 1987 81 births

Janete — girls' name

81 babies named Janete in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s61970s51980s321990s232000s15
1980s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Janete was born in this single decade.

1987
Single peak year

8 babies were named Janete in 1987 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Janete

The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Janete between 1940 and 2008, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janete currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janete performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Janete shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janete in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janete in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 81 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Janete at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

81

Since 1940

69 years of records

Peak year

1987

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1940

Recorded for 69 years

Last year on file: 2008

Janete popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1940

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (1987)
8
Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
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Janete by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
32 births that decade — 40% of Janete's all-time total
1940s61970s51980s321990s232000s15

Janete by state

Where Janete concentrates geographically — total births since 1940

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Janete
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 6.2%
California share of Janete's total US births 6.2%

5 of 81 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Janete?
81 babies have been named Janete since 1940. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 1987 with 8 births.
When was Janete most popular?
Janete was most popular in the 1980s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 1987.
Where is Janete most popular?
The top states for the name Janete are California (5 births).
How long has the name Janete been used?
Janete has been recorded in Social Security data since 1940, spanning 69 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Janete?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Janet, Janice, Jane, Janie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1940–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.