Jonette
Jonette was last recorded in 2001, when 6 babies were given it; 1,221 Americans have been recorded with it between 1930 and 2001 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,020 Americans named Jonette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 49 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jonette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jonette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jonette is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jonette?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,333, in 2001; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
48 babies in 1962, the peak
Jonette peaked in 1962, when 48 girls were given it, #1,638 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | #14,333 | 3.3 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,547 | 4.5 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,638 | 5.7 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,977 | 4.5 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,221 | 6.6 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,236 | 2.7 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,915 | 4.8 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,698 | 3.7 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,714 | 6.5 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,838 | 6.2 |
Every recorded year (62)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 12 | #6,078 | 6.9 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,379 | 5.2 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,810 | 7.0 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,034 | 5.3 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,270 | 7.8 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,830 | 12.4 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,220 | 10.8 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,405 | 10.2 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,103 | 16.8 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,433 | 14.4 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,419 | 14.3 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,447 | 13.7 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,332 | 14.4 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,156 | 15.0 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,948 | 15.8 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,110 | 13.8 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,396 | 19.2 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,372 | 18.3 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,852 | 26.7 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,506 | 15.2 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,833 | 24.8 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,216 | 17.1 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,270 | 15.9 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,030 | 18.5 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,151 | 16.1 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,638 | 24.4 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,755 | 21.3 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,961 | 16.8 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,256 | 12.8 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,702 | 9.4 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,195 | 12.7 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,073 | 13.9 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,040 | 14.3 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,853 | 16.5 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,901 | 15.4 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,166 | 12.4 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,221 | 11.7 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,488 | 9.9 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,462 | 9.9 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,886 | 7.7 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,164 | 11.8 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,353 | 10.8 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,279 | 11.5 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,336 | 11.3 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,147 | 7.2 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,076 | 13.3 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,940 | 8.3 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,085 | 5.2 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,493 | 10.9 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,071 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,613 | 6.6 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,886 | 4.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jonette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jonette has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 62 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jonette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jonette, and how old are they?
1,020 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 1,221 Americans ever recorded as Jonette. The median Jonette alive today is 59 years old; half are between 49 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 1,090 people named Jonette (1,085 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,081 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 47 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 403 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 395 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 153 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 24 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 8,053 babies since 1880, Jonette is the third most given (15% of them).
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 Jonette
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Jonette and names like it
- Compare Jonette and JohnettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sJonette peaked in 1962.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jonette since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Jonette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jonette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.