Janette
Janette was given to 25 girls in 2025, #5,149 among girls’ names; 32,214 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 23,400 Americans named Janette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 39 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Janette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Janette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Janette is “a female given name from Hebrew, variant of Janet.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Janette?
#5,149 among girls’ names, 2025
Janette fell from #3,155 in 2015 to #5,149 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 29.7 to 15.6 per million.
699 babies in 1953, the peak
Janette peaked in 1953, when 699 girls were given it, #310 among girls’ names. The 25 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,149 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,815 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,732 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,320 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,837 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,809 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,103 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,582 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,409 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,079 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 53 | #3,155 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,859 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,494 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,383 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,265 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,967 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,296 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,869 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,674 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,601 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 139 | #1,501 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 160 | #1,332 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 168 | #1,251 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 174 | #1,181 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 200 | #1,063 | 0.11 |
| 2000 | 188 | #1,093 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 227 | #927 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 214 | #958 | 0.12 |
| 1997 | 220 | #912 | 0.13 |
| 1996 | 230 | #864 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 211 | #895 | 0.12 |
| 1994 | 262 | #777 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 301 | #710 | 0.17 |
| 1992 | 316 | #686 | 0.17 |
| 1991 | 321 | #672 | 0.17 |
| 1990 | 355 | #632 | 0.19 |
| 1989 | 347 | #612 | 0.19 |
| 1988 | 315 | #631 | 0.18 |
| 1987 | 312 | #620 | 0.18 |
| 1986 | 325 | #593 | 0.19 |
| 1985 | 280 | #653 | 0.16 |
| 1984 | 263 | #663 | 0.16 |
| 1983 | 325 | #559 | 0.19 |
| 1982 | 385 | #518 | 0.23 |
| 1981 | 330 | #564 | 0.20 |
| 1980 | 314 | #589 | 0.19 |
| 1979 | 325 | #565 | 0.20 |
| 1978 | 299 | #575 | 0.20 |
| 1977 | 328 | #544 | 0.21 |
| 1976 | 313 | #550 | 0.21 |
| 1975 | 359 | #500 | 0.25 |
| 1974 | 341 | #509 | 0.23 |
| 1973 | 359 | #490 | 0.25 |
| 1972 | 363 | #491 | 0.24 |
| 1971 | 424 | #471 | 0.25 |
| 1970 | 436 | #471 | 0.25 |
| 1969 | 479 | #441 | 0.28 |
| 1968 | 451 | #452 | 0.27 |
| 1967 | 453 | #443 | 0.27 |
| 1966 | 501 | #417 | 0.30 |
| 1965 | 484 | #427 | 0.27 |
| 1964 | 586 | #403 | 0.31 |
| 1963 | 541 | #414 | 0.28 |
| 1962 | 589 | #391 | 0.30 |
| 1961 | 577 | #405 | 0.29 |
| 1960 | 560 | #404 | 0.28 |
| 1959 | 536 | #408 | 0.26 |
| 1958 | 547 | #391 | 0.27 |
| 1957 | 642 | #358 | 0.31 |
| 1956 | 618 | #350 | 0.31 |
| 1955 | 665 | #330 | 0.34 |
| 1954 | 695 | #319 | 0.36 |
| 1953 | 699 | #310 | 0.37 |
| 1952 | 545 | #350 | 0.29 |
| 1951 | 599 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1950 | 551 | #326 | 0.32 |
| 1949 | 502 | #346 | 0.29 |
| 1948 | 415 | #390 | 0.24 |
| 1947 | 412 | #394 | 0.23 |
| 1946 | 382 | #388 | 0.24 |
| 1945 | 301 | #412 | 0.23 |
| 1944 | 315 | #402 | 0.24 |
| 1943 | 343 | #395 | 0.25 |
| 1942 | 343 | #385 | 0.25 |
| 1941 | 287 | #402 | 0.24 |
| 1940 | 318 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1939 | 308 | #376 | 0.28 |
| 1938 | 309 | #376 | 0.28 |
| 1937 | 296 | #375 | 0.28 |
| 1936 | 281 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1935 | 262 | #399 | 0.25 |
| 1934 | 278 | #384 | 0.27 |
| 1933 | 288 | #379 | 0.29 |
| 1932 | 256 | #408 | 0.24 |
| 1931 | 250 | #409 | 0.23 |
| 1930 | 195 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1929 | 163 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1928 | 151 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 171 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 167 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 183 | #527 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 158 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 148 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 168 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1921 | 160 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 142 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 122 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 139 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 99 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 96 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 113 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 77 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 52 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 49 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 32 | #771 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 26 | #850 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 26 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 27 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 22 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 24 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 22 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 17 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 19 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 19 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 17 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,141 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 13 | #914 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 15 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 20 | #651 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 10 | #915 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 11 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 13 | #740 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 15 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 8 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 7 | #874 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 6 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 9 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 6 | #790 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Janette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Janette has been given almost only to girls: 42 boys in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Janette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Janette, and how old are they?
23,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 32,214 Americans ever recorded as Janette. The median Janette alive today is 57 years old; half are between 39 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 26,925 people named Janette (26,889 women and girls, 36 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 25,123 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,600 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8,330 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,760 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,770 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,390 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 552 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Janette born?
The states with the most babies named Janette are California, Texas and New York, with 38% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5,318 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Texas | 2,768 | #3,082 | 1.3× |
| New York | 2,204 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 1,683 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 1,289 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 1,148 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 941 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 804 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 602 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 577 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Janette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Janette is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Janette with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 41,217 babies since 1880, Janette is the most given (78% of them). In 2025 it was given to 25 of their 25 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Janette
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Janette and names like it
- Compare Janette and JannetteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJanette peaked in 1953.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Janette since 1910.
- The top names of 1953The year the most babies were named Janette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Janette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.