Girls' name · since 1942
Jenet
103 babies named Jenet in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 103
- total births
- 1942–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
Jenet is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 103 have been recorded since 1942.
Social Security Administration records show Jenet recorded 103 times among girls since 1942, 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 1942 to 1999.
- 103 total births
- 1942–1999 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 38% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenet's 103 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jenet's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jenet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1999
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Jenet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jenet's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jenet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 39 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Jenet's decade-level peak was the 1980s (39 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, 1942–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenet: Baby Name Since 1942 - 103 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenet. 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 Jenet 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.