Janette
Janette is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 28 births. Its best rank was 310th, in 1953.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 280.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1953699 births
- Best rank
- #310in 1953
- Since 1880
- 32,147people given the name
The story in the numbers
32,147 girls have been named Janette in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 699 births.
The name has all but left use: 28 births in 2024, against 699 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1950s alone account for 19%. It has spent 111 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janette | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | |
| 1890s | 124 | |
| 1900s | 196 | |
| 1910s | 805 | |
| 1920s | 1,611 | |
| 1930s | 2,723 | |
| 1940s | 3,618 | |
| 1950s | 6,097 | |
| 1960s | 5,221 | |
| 1970s | 3,547 | |
| 1980s | 3,196 | |
| 1990s | 2,657 | |
| 2000s | 1,494 | |
| 2010s | 626 | |
| 2020s | 168 |
In 1953, its biggest year
Janette was the 310th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1953 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Janette
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janettapeak 1954
- Rositapeak 1966
- Jannettepeak 1960
- Betsypeak 1959
- Johnettapeak 1952
- Mimipeak 1961
- Francinapeak 1950
- Carleenpeak 1961
Other spellings in the data
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.