Girls' name · peaked in 1939
Jeanette name popularity since 1925
137,875 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeanette. Half of them were born in 1953 or earlier, so the typical Jeanette is about 73 years old in 2026. Jeanette peaked in 1939 as the #82 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 137,875
- Named Jeanette, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,391 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 137,359 girls · 516 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 1.85× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeanette 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.
Jeanette births per year, 1925–2025
1939 was the biggest year for Jeanette both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, Jeanette's share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 1,780 to 1 in 3,880.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jeanette's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeanette.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeanette 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 | 9,544 | 40 | – |
| 1930s | 24,753 | 117 | #104 |
| 1940s | 24,727 | 82 | #122 |
| 1950s | 23,984 | 47 | #153 |
| 1960s | 22,086 | 68 | #169 |
| 1970s | 12,970 | 70 | #212 |
| 1980s | 9,940 | 71 | #268 |
| 1990s | 6,050 | 21 | #510 |
| 2000s | 1,937 | 0 | #1,321 |
| 2010s | 965 | 0 | #2,032 |
| 2020–25 | 403 | 0 | #2,391 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.9% of babies named Jeanette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jeanette is most popular
The index compares Jeanette'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 Jeanette.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 1.85× | 794 |
| South Dakota | 1.53× | 663 |
| New Mexico | 1.49× | 1,123 |
| Nebraska | 1.45× | 1,383 |
| New York | 1.43× | 14,745 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeanette 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanette (this page) | 137,359 | 1939 |
| Jeannette | 52,133 | 1916 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jeanette's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeanette.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeanette (1939).
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