Girls' name · since 1943
Jonnette
160 babies named Jonnette in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,124 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
160 girls have been named Jonnette since 1943, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonnette has been recorded 160 times among girls since 1943, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1982.
- #22,124 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1943
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonnette ranks #22,124 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1943, peaking in the 1960s.
- #22,124 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jonnette's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonnette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonnette's full recorded timeline at 1966, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1969 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonnette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1982
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Jonnette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (63 births, 39% of the file).
1960s was Jonnette's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jonnette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 63 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jonnette's data
- Jonnette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jonnette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1943–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jonnette 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 August 2026.