Jeanette
Jeanette was given to 75 girls in 2025, #2,391 among girls’ names; 163,977 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 89,100 Americans named Jeanette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 50 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeanette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeanette mean?
Wiktionary, Swedish section
Jeanette is “a female given name, a popular Swedish spelling of the French Jeannette”
Meaning: Wiktionary, Swedish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeanette?
#2,391 among girls’ names, 2025
Jeanette fell from #2,032 in 2015 to #2,391 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 54.3 to 46.7 per million.
2,902 babies in 1939, the peak
Jeanette peaked in 1939, when 2,902 babies were given it (2,893 girls, #82 among girls’ names). The 75 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,391 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,787 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,773 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,540 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,571 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,564 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,550 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,373 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 90 | #2,136 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,400 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 97 | #2,032 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 102 | #1,963 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,883 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,892 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,733 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 120 | #1,745 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,736 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 143 | #1,591 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 129 | #1,697 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 173 | #1,346 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 167 | #1,321 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 190 | #1,181 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 220 | #1,040 | 0.12 |
| 2002 | 222 | #992 | 0.12 |
| 2001 | 275 | #835 | 0.15 |
| 2000 | 292 | #785 | 0.16 |
| 1999 | 295 | #755 | 0.17 |
| 1998 | 309 | #715 | 0.17 |
| 1997 | 389 | #590 | 0.22 |
| 1996 | 452 | #522 | 0.26 |
| 1995 | 480 | #510 | 0.27 |
| 1994 | 559 | #457 | 0.31 |
| 1993 | 678 | #378 | 0.37 |
| 1992 | 847 | #323 | 0.46 |
| 1991 | 1,052 | #265 | 0.56 |
| 1990 | 989 | #281 | 0.52 |
| 1989 | 1,012 | #264 | 0.55 |
| 1988 | 976 | #263 | 0.55 |
| 1987 | 1,065 | #243 | 0.61 |
| 1986 | 1,111 | #234 | 0.65 |
| 1985 | 935 | #268 | 0.54 |
| 1984 | 871 | #275 | 0.52 |
| 1983 | 918 | #260 | 0.55 |
| 1982 | 938 | #264 | 0.55 |
| 1981 | 1,088 | #232 | 0.65 |
| 1980 | 1,026 | #250 | 0.62 |
| 1979 | 1,007 | #249 | 0.63 |
| 1978 | 1,028 | #238 | 0.67 |
| 1977 | 1,065 | #235 | 0.69 |
| 1976 | 1,127 | #217 | 0.77 |
| 1975 | 1,160 | #212 | 0.80 |
| 1974 | 1,326 | #191 | 0.90 |
| 1973 | 1,362 | #190 | 0.93 |
| 1972 | 1,494 | #191 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 1,677 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | 1,724 | #190 | 1.0 |
| 1969 | 1,686 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 1968 | 1,752 | #183 | 1.1 |
| 1967 | 1,850 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 1966 | 1,963 | #172 | 1.2 |
| 1965 | 2,070 | #169 | 1.2 |
| 1964 | 2,380 | #163 | 1.3 |
| 1963 | 2,568 | #158 | 1.3 |
| 1962 | 2,611 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 1961 | 2,559 | #163 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 2,647 | #159 | 1.3 |
| 1959 | 2,243 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1958 | 2,098 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1957 | 2,297 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1956 | 2,338 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1955 | 2,376 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 2,488 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1953 | 2,608 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1952 | 2,580 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1951 | 2,543 | #132 | 1.4 |
| 1950 | 2,413 | #131 | 1.4 |
| 1949 | 2,511 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1948 | 2,331 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1947 | 2,600 | #125 | 1.5 |
| 1946 | 2,412 | #121 | 1.5 |
| 1945 | 2,053 | #122 | 1.6 |
| 1944 | 2,255 | #117 | 1.7 |
| 1943 | 2,554 | #110 | 1.8 |
| 1942 | 2,688 | #104 | 2.0 |
| 1941 | 2,596 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1940 | 2,727 | #90 | 2.4 |
| 1939 | 2,893 | #82 | 2.6 |
| 1938 | 2,802 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1937 | 2,741 | #90 | 2.6 |
| 1936 | 2,552 | #94 | 2.5 |
| 1935 | 2,290 | #104 | 2.2 |
| 1934 | 2,293 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1933 | 2,223 | #103 | 2.2 |
| 1932 | 2,291 | #106 | 2.1 |
| 1931 | 2,234 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1930 | 2,434 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1929 | 1,839 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1928 | 1,944 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1927 | 1,970 | #131 | 1.7 |
| 1926 | 1,871 | #136 | 1.6 |
| 1925 | 1,920 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 1924 | 2,066 | #134 | 1.7 |
| 1923 | 2,029 | #131 | 1.7 |
| 1922 | 2,005 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 1921 | 2,096 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 1920 | 2,043 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1919 | 1,767 | #135 | 1.6 |
| 1918 | 1,774 | #131 | 1.5 |
| 1917 | 1,638 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1916 | 1,522 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1915 | 1,273 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1914 | 977 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1913 | 734 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1912 | 623 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1911 | 444 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1910 | 382 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1909 | 317 | #188 | 0.91 |
| 1908 | 304 | #186 | 0.91 |
| 1907 | 294 | #186 | 0.92 |
| 1906 | 269 | #185 | 0.91 |
| 1905 | 243 | #195 | 0.83 |
| 1904 | 221 | #203 | 0.80 |
| 1903 | 198 | #215 | 0.76 |
| 1902 | 198 | #212 | 0.75 |
| 1901 | 161 | #227 | 0.67 |
| 1900 | 233 | #206 | 0.78 |
| 1899 | 162 | #216 | 0.70 |
| 1898 | 191 | #209 | 0.74 |
| 1897 | 158 | #216 | 0.67 |
| 1896 | 172 | #210 | 0.72 |
| 1895 | 167 | #208 | 0.71 |
| 1894 | 152 | #214 | 0.68 |
| 1893 | 142 | #216 | 0.67 |
| 1892 | 129 | #227 | 0.61 |
| 1891 | 101 | #242 | 0.54 |
| 1890 | 129 | #214 | 0.68 |
| 1889 | 106 | #226 | 0.59 |
| 1888 | 126 | #201 | 0.71 |
| 1887 | 85 | #225 | 0.58 |
| 1886 | 83 | #219 | 0.57 |
| 1885 | 76 | #228 | 0.57 |
| 1884 | 73 | #221 | 0.57 |
| 1883 | 63 | #227 | 0.56 |
| 1882 | 64 | #210 | 0.59 |
| 1881 | 36 | #270 | 0.39 |
| 1880 | 55 | #207 | 0.60 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jeanette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jeanette has been given almost only to girls: 537 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jeanette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeanette, and how old are they?
89,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 163,977 Americans ever recorded as Jeanette. The median Jeanette alive today is 64 years old; half are between 50 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 98,707 people named Jeanette (98,618 women and girls, 89 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 101,686 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13,300 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 36,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 21,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 13,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,240 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,020 |
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 Jeanette born?
The states with the most babies named Jeanette are New York, California and Illinois, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 17,654 | #1,585 | 1.3× |
| California | 15,904 | #1,529 | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 10,278 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 8,495 | #2,507 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 7,446 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 7,005 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 6,948 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 5,127 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New Jersey | 4,883 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Minnesota | 4,335 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Jeanette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jeanette is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.4 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 Jeanette 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, Jeanette is the most given (66% of them). In 2025 it was given to 75 of their 99 babies (76%), 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 Jeanette
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 Jeanette and names like it
- Compare Jeanette and JeannetteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sJeanette peaked in 1939.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jeanette since 1910.
- Swedish namesWiktionary’s origin for Jeanette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1939The year the most babies were named Jeanette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jeanette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.