Jennette
Jennette was last recorded in 2018, when 5 babies were given it; 3,522 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2018 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,320 Americans named Jennette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 44 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jennette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jennette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jennette is “Alternative form of Jeannette (“female given name”).”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jennette?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,724, in 2018; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
80 babies in 1981, the peak
Jennette peaked in 1981, when 80 girls were given it, #1,507 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #16,724 | 2.9 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,449 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,678 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,211 | 2.8 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,790 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,203 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,622 | 3.8 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,081 | 4.4 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,867 | 2.7 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,582 | 5.0 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | #9,008 | 6.1 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,185 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,639 | 8.5 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,127 | 3.4 |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,032 | 7.5 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,325 | 6.8 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,534 | 9.7 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,300 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,739 | 6.1 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,359 | 17.9 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,859 | 14.4 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,461 | 16.3 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,048 | 13.0 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,373 | 11.2 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,452 | 24.2 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,282 | 26.2 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,028 | 30.8 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,911 | 32.7 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,821 | 34.7 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,627 | 41.9 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,507 | 48.0 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,712 | 39.8 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,632 | 43.0 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,604 | 43.7 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,886 | 34.6 |
| 1976 | 72 | #1,451 | 49.1 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,534 | 45.3 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,535 | 42.9 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,673 | 37.0 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,478 | 42.7 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,588 | 36.1 |
| 1970 | 61 | #1,575 | 34.9 |
| 1969 | 60 | #1,533 | 35.6 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,951 | 23.2 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,545 | 32.1 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,592 | 29.5 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,659 | 26.1 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,959 | 19.5 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,695 | 23.9 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,797 | 20.8 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,682 | 22.8 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,820 | 19.3 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,898 | 17.3 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,960 | 15.9 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,734 | 19.1 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,622 | 21.4 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,823 | 17.4 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,546 | 22.1 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,381 | 26.6 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,905 | 15.1 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,490 | 22.2 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,416 | 24.5 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,574 | 20.5 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,477 | 23.0 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,421 | 24.3 |
| 1946 | 48 | #1,248 | 30.5 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,386 | 26.0 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,209 | 32.4 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,810 | 16.5 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,374 | 25.9 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,551 | 21.5 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,611 | 21.0 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,206 | 33.7 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,135 | 37.2 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,956 | 16.0 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,568 | 22.1 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,428 | 25.7 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,458 | 24.9 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,571 | 22.8 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,464 | 25.3 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,653 | 20.7 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,979 | 16.0 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,615 | 21.5 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,750 | 19.9 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,642 | 21.8 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,396 | 27.8 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,867 | 18.1 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,734 | 10.4 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,530 | 11.6 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,862 | 18.3 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,642 | 21.9 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,456 | 25.9 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,382 | 28.3 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,369 | 27.6 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,251 | 31.4 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,762 | 19.2 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,497 | 24.4 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,361 | 28.9 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,381 | 28.8 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,326 | 30.5 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,412 | 28.7 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,293 | 32.8 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,248 | 34.6 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,968 | 17.9 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,568 | 25.1 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,607 | 24.0 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,761 | 21.8 |
| 1903 | 15 | #910 | 57.3 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,379 | 30.3 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,272 | 33.4 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,500 | 26.7 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,310 | 30.9 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,119 | 38.4 |
| 1896 | 12 | #974 | 50.4 |
| 1895 | 15 | #844 | 64.2 |
| 1894 | 11 | #975 | 49.3 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,350 | 28.2 |
| 1892 | 16 | #744 | 75.4 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,050 | 42.0 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,204 | 33.6 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,206 | 33.6 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,083 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,033 | 41.5 |
| 1885 | 11 | #675 | 82.7 |
| 1880 | 6 | #791 | 65.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jennette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jennette has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jennette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jennette, and how old are they?
2,320 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 3,522 Americans ever recorded as Jennette. The median Jennette alive today is 53 years old; half are between 44 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 2,554 people named Jennette (2,551 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,495 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 159 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 588 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 877 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 572 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 107 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11 |
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 Jennette born?
The states with the most babies named Jennette are California, New York and Michigan, with 66% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 264 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 113 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 56 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 35 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 33 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Mississippi | 25 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| South Carolina | 24 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 23 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
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 Jennette 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, Jennette is the fourth most given (1.4% of them). In 2025 none of their 99 babies recorded by SSA was a Jennette (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Jennette
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Ursula | 14,811 |
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 Jennette and names like it
- Compare Jennette and JeanetteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sJennette peaked in 1981.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jennette since 1910.
- The top names of 1981The year the most babies were named Jennette.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Jennette alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with JMost given first.