Janetta — #12159 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Janetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,321 babies named Janetta between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janetta currently holds the #12159 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janetta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 573 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Janetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Janetta in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janetta 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 3,321 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.