Janette Girl
How popular is Janette?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Janette in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
Janette popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▼ 328 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,129 in 2015, #4,755 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1953 (699 girls) |
| Highest rank | #310 in 1953 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janette counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Janet family of names ranked #1,641 for girls in 2025 (#1,423 the year before), with 93 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Janette is most popular
Babies named Janette per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
Janette by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | #582 |
| 1890s | 124 | #638 |
| 1900s | 196 | #734 |
| 1910s | 805 | #604 |
| 1920s | 1,611 | #526 |
| 1930s | 2,723 | #375 |
| 1940s | 3,618 | #345 |
| 1950s | 6,097 | #310 |
| 1960s | 5,221 | #391 |
| 1970s | 3,547 | #470 |
| 1980s | 3,196 | #518 |
| 1990s | 2,657 | #630 |
| 2000s | 1,494 | #1,062 |
| 2010s | 626 | #1,959 |
| 2020s | 193 | #3,707 |
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Questions
- Is Janette a boy or girl name?
- Janette is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janette were girls.
- How popular is the name Janette?
- 25 baby girls were named Janette in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Janette most popular?
- Janette peaked in 1953, when 699 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #310 in 1953.
- How many people are named Janette?
- 32,214 babies have been named Janette in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,079 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 58.
- Where is Janette most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janette was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.