How rare is the name Jeanette?

98,707 people in the United States have the first name Jeanette, about 1 in 3,060. It ranks #556 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JEANETTE

#556

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
98,707
About
1 in 3,060
This common or more
60.4%
Who bears it

Of the 98,707 people named Jeanette, 64.6% reported their origin as White, 16% as Hispanic or Latino and 14% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jeanette peaked in 1939, when 2,902 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1939
Births that year
2,902
In 2025*
75 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 163,977 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jeanette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #185. The largest share of babies named Jeanette, 28.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#401767
1890s#3281,503
1900s#2922,438
1910s#25011,145
1920s#23219,833
1930s#18524,870
1940s#22424,809
1950s#29024,031
1960s#32022,154
1970s#38613,040
1980s#49310,011
1990s#8206,071
2000s#2,0921,937
2010s#3,641965
2020s#4,607403
Before 19011.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2717.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.6%
Baby boom 1946–6428.5%
Generation X 1965–8014.3%
Millennials 1981–968.6%
Generation Z 1997–122%
2013 and later0.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jeanette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jeanette has been most common in North Dakota (1.8×), Wisconsin (1.6×), and South Dakota (1.5×), and least common in Nevada (0.29×).

155,452 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jeanette

#554 Brad · 99,078#555 Juanita · 98,833#557 Angelina · 98,695#558 Jocelyn · 98,533

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jeanette, most common first.

#1,089 Jeannette · 37,909#5,604 Jeanetta · 3,024#6,317 Jennette · 2,554#7,882 Jenette · 1,881#13,624 Jeanett · 881#14,844 Jeannetta · 786#21,691 Jenetta · 466#22,150 Jeanet · 452

Also a last name

As a last name, Jeanette ranks #53,634 of 156,621, with 416 people. See Jeanette as a last name

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