Girls' name · peaked in 1916
Jeannette name popularity since 1925
52,182 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeannette. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Jeannette is about 74 years old in 2026. Jeannette peaked in 1916 as the #173 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 52,182
- Named Jeannette, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1916
- #173 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,309 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 52,133 girls · 49 boys
- Most popular in
- Maine
- 3.99× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeannette 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.
Jeannette births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1932. Measured as a share of all babies, Jeannette peaked earlier, in 1916.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, Jeannette's share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 6,090 to 1 in 17,200.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jeannette's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeannette.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeannette 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 | 4,698 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 9,798 | 23 | #186 |
| 1940s | 9,631 | 15 | #236 |
| 1950s | 8,863 | 0 | #293 |
| 1960s | 7,565 | 11 | #346 |
| 1970s | 5,196 | 0 | #452 |
| 1980s | 3,708 | 0 | #540 |
| 1990s | 1,648 | 0 | #1,176 |
| 2000s | 547 | 0 | #2,742 |
| 2010s | 350 | 0 | #4,028 |
| 2020–25 | 129 | 0 | #5,309 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.4% of babies named Jeannette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Jeannette is most popular
The index compares Jeannette'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 Jeannette.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maine | 3.99× | 842 |
| New Hampshire | 3.65× | 567 |
| Rhode Island | 3.55× | 621 |
| Massachusetts | 2.39× | 2,808 |
| Connecticut | 1.74× | 932 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeannette 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jeannette (this page) | 52,133 | 1916 |
| Jeanette | 137,359 | 1939 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jeannette's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeannette.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeannette (1916).
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