Jonette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jonette

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,221 babies named Jonette between 1930 and 2001, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 359 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jonette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonette in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonette 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 1,221 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.