Jennetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jennetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 555 babies named Jennetta between 1897 and 1996, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jennetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennetta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jennetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jennetta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jennetta 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 555 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.