Jannett — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jannett

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,026 babies named Jannett between 1906 and 2012, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jannett currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jannett performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jannett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jannett in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jannett 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 1,026 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.