Girls' name · since 1978
Jeannete
37 babies named Jeannete in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 37
- total births
- 1978–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
Jeannete sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 37 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Jeannete recorded 37 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1993.
- 37 total births
- 1978–1993 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 73% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeannete's 37 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeannete's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jeannete's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jeannete popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1993
- Peak year (1987)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Jeannete by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jeannete's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Jeannete births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 27 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Jeannete's decade-level peak was the 1980s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1978–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeannete: Baby Name Since 1978 - 37 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeannete. 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 Jeannete 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.