Jeanetta
Jeanetta was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 5,149 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,260 Americans named Jeanetta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 48 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeanetta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeanetta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jeanetta is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeanetta?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,221, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
104 babies in 1961, the peak
Jeanetta peaked in 1961, when 104 girls were given it, #1,074 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #14,221 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,977 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,319 | 4.5 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,679 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,794 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,192 | 2.8 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,285 | 3.2 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,351 | 3.1 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,384 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,290 | 4.9 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | #12,073 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,554 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,427 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,758 | 7.2 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,453 | 6.2 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,503 | 8.5 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,293 | 10.9 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,516 | 8.0 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,531 | 9.7 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,476 | 17.9 |
| 1993 | 26 | #4,026 | 14.4 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,354 | 9.8 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,945 | 20.8 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,704 | 22.6 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,452 | 25.5 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,279 | 27.5 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,169 | 28.8 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,308 | 25.6 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,822 | 19.2 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,269 | 25.5 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,327 | 24.5 |
| 1982 | 40 | #2,422 | 23.6 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,969 | 32.4 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,026 | 31.3 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,402 | 24.3 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,834 | 35.9 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,813 | 36.5 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,825 | 34.8 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,970 | 30.9 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,673 | 37.5 |
| 1973 | 76 | #1,331 | 52.1 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,419 | 45.4 |
| 1971 | 77 | #1,382 | 46.3 |
| 1970 | 77 | #1,361 | 44.0 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,407 | 40.3 |
| 1968 | 74 | #1,282 | 45.1 |
| 1967 | 81 | #1,183 | 49.1 |
| 1966 | 80 | #1,202 | 47.3 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,160 | 48.2 |
| 1964 | 94 | #1,137 | 49.6 |
| 1963 | 90 | #1,152 | 46.7 |
| 1962 | 86 | #1,187 | 43.7 |
| 1961 | 104 | #1,074 | 51.5 |
| 1960 | 82 | #1,202 | 40.6 |
| 1959 | 86 | #1,152 | 42.5 |
| 1958 | 72 | #1,254 | 35.8 |
| 1957 | 85 | #1,146 | 41.6 |
| 1956 | 83 | #1,134 | 41.3 |
| 1955 | 70 | #1,198 | 35.8 |
| 1954 | 92 | #1,023 | 47.4 |
| 1953 | 84 | #1,057 | 44.6 |
| 1952 | 96 | #957 | 51.8 |
| 1951 | 81 | #1,032 | 45.0 |
| 1950 | 88 | #961 | 51.4 |
| 1949 | 77 | #1,019 | 45.0 |
| 1948 | 63 | #1,129 | 37.1 |
| 1947 | 93 | #921 | 52.5 |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,196 | 33.1 |
| 1945 | 66 | #946 | 50.5 |
| 1944 | 56 | #1,047 | 42.2 |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,029 | 43.0 |
| 1942 | 81 | #854 | 60.0 |
| 1941 | 69 | #880 | 57.1 |
| 1940 | 69 | #860 | 60.3 |
| 1939 | 69 | #840 | 62.9 |
| 1938 | 65 | #872 | 58.9 |
| 1937 | 57 | #917 | 53.6 |
| 1936 | 67 | #822 | 64.4 |
| 1935 | 69 | #827 | 65.8 |
| 1934 | 58 | #898 | 55.5 |
| 1933 | 51 | #962 | 50.6 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,102 | 39.4 |
| 1931 | 57 | #920 | 53.5 |
| 1930 | 60 | #946 | 53.3 |
| 1929 | 47 | #1,072 | 42.1 |
| 1928 | 64 | #930 | 55.5 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,222 | 34.4 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,086 | 40.5 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,026 | 44.4 |
| 1924 | 51 | #1,103 | 40.8 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,186 | 35.6 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,239 | 33.3 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,493 | 25.1 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,330 | 29.2 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,501 | 24.8 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,313 | 29.4 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,155 | 36.1 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,260 | 31.6 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,423 | 26.4 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,572 | 23.6 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,563 | 24.0 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,775 | 19.7 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,862 | 19.1 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,695 | 22.7 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,181 | 37.4 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,113 | 41.9 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,339 | 31.4 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,635 | 23.7 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,265 | 34.3 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,017 | 18.2 |
| 1902 | 13 | #995 | 49.2 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,402 | 29.2 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,645 | 23.4 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,167 | 37.8 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,360 | 30.0 |
| 1894 | 11 | #973 | 49.3 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,187 | 34.6 |
| 1882 | 5 | #965 | 46.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jeanetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jeanetta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 118 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jeanetta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeanetta, and how old are they?
3,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 5,149 Americans ever recorded as Jeanetta. The median Jeanetta alive today is 61 years old; half are between 48 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 3,024 people named Jeanetta (3,023 women and girls, 1 man or boy). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,609 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 342 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,230 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 961 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 573 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 121 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 24 |
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 Jeanetta born?
The states with the most babies named Jeanetta are Texas, Kentucky and Illinois, with 43% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 310 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Kentucky | 304 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Illinois | 142 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 140 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Oklahoma | 132 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 128 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 103 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 101 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 81 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Indiana | 62 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Jeanetta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jeanetta is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.8 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 Jeanetta 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 246,599 babies since 1880, Jeanetta is the third most given (2.1% of them). In 2025 none of their 99 babies recorded by SSA was a Jeanetta (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Jeanetta
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 Jeanetta and names like it
- Compare Jeanetta and JeanetteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sJeanetta peaked in 1961.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jeanetta since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Jeanetta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jeanetta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.