How Many People Are Named Janetta?

2,418

people named Janetta are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 141,350 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,321 babies named Janetta in Social Security records from 1895 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,964

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,335

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Peak Year

1954

70 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: jΙ™-NET-Ι™
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Elaborated form of JANET.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Janetta in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Janetta alive today is about 54 years old, and 46% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 69 in 2025.

Under 30 275
11.4%
30 to 59 1,106
45.7%
60 and over 1,037
42.9%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Janetta first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1954, to 70 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2024

πŸ† Rank History

Janetta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,063, in 1935.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,063 (1935)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,346 in the 1950s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Janetta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Janetta were born in California than in any other state: about 86 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Janetta was given 12.4 times as often in Oklahoma, 5.1 times in Kentucky and 2.4 times in Texas.

California 86
Texas 69
Oklahoma 63
Ohio 59
Illinois 49
Kentucky 40
Indiana 19
Pennsylvania 13
Arkansas 13
Michigan 11
Alabama 11
West Virginia 9
North Carolina 5
Missouri 5
Virginia 1

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