Janetta
Janetta is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 195470 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1895
- 3,321people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,321 girls have been named Janetta in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 70 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1950s alone account for 17%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janetta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 94 | |
| 1920s | 197 | |
| 1930s | 295 | |
| 1940s | 381 | |
| 1950s | 573 | |
| 1960s | 508 | |
| 1970s | 434 | |
| 1980s | 365 | |
| 1990s | 226 | |
| 2000s | 127 | |
| 2010s | 80 | |
| 2020s | 18 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Janetta was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Janetta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janettepeak 1953
- Johnettapeak 1952
- Jannettepeak 1960
- Rositapeak 1966
- Evonnepeak 1957
- Joypeak 1957
- Andreepeak 1960
- Jeanicepeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.