Girls' name · peaked in 1953
Janette name popularity since 1925
30,249 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Janette. Half of them were born in 1963 or earlier, so the typical Janette is about 63 years old in 2026. Janette peaked in 1953 as the #310 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,249
- Named Janette, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,150 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 30,207 girls · 42 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 1.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Janette made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Janette births per year, 1925–2025
1953 was the biggest year for Janette both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1928 and 1933, Janette became 2.2× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 2001 and 2006, its share of baby girls fell by 37%, from 1 in 9,000 to 1 in 14,200.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Janette's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Janette.
Decade by decade
Babies named Janette in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 835 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 2,723 | 0 | #399 |
| 1940s | 3,618 | 0 | #412 |
| 1950s | 6,097 | 0 | #330 |
| 1960s | 5,221 | 0 | #427 |
| 1970s | 3,547 | 7 | #500 |
| 1980s | 3,196 | 30 | #653 |
| 1990s | 2,657 | 5 | #898 |
| 2000s | 1,494 | 0 | #1,501 |
| 2010s | 626 | 0 | #3,155 |
| 2020–25 | 193 | 0 | #5,150 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
35.2% of babies named Janette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Janette is most popular
The index compares Janette's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Janette.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1.90× | 5,303 |
| Utah | 1.55× | 348 |
| Kansas | 1.46× | 394 |
| Iowa | 1.45× | 487 |
| Texas | 1.33× | 2,747 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Janette and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Janette (this page) | 30,207 | 1953 |
| Jannette | 5,031 | 1962 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Janette's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Janette.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Janette (1953).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data