Jeannetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jeannetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,510 babies named Jeannetta between 1892 and 1995, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeannetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeannetta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jeannetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeannetta in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeannetta 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 1,510 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.