Girls' name · since 1963
Jaynette
17 babies named Jaynette in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 17
- total births
- 1963–1975
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
17 girls have been named Jaynette since 1963, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaynette has been recorded 17 times among girls since 1963, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1975.
- 17 total births
- 1963–1975 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 65% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jaynette's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaynette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaynette splits its recorded history at 1968: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaynette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1975
- Peak year (1968)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Jaynette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Jaynette's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Jaynette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Jaynette's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1970s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–1975 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jaynette: Baby Name Since 1963 - 17 Births, Peak 1968." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jaynette. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaynette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.