first name
JEANNETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,909 people named Jeannette, 60.1% reported their origin as White, 22.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jeannette peaked in 1917, when 1,113 babies got the name.
At least 69,300 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.
Jeannette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #321. The largest share of babies named Jeannette, 25.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Jeannette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jeannette has been most common in Maine (5×), New Hampshire (4.8×), and Rhode Island (4.3×), and least common in Idaho (0.14×).
61,291 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 Jeannette
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jeannette, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jeannette ranks #53,327 of 156,621, with 419 people. See Jeannette as a last name
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