How Many People Are Named Janette?
people named Janette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,415 people in the US has this name
Based on 32,214 babies named Janette in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
699 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JANET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Janette in English. Counting Janette and these spellings together, about 516,130 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Janette (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Janette alive today is about 54 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 39 and 69 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Janette first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1953, to 699 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Janette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #310, in 1953. In 2025 it ranked #5,149.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,149 |
| Best rank | #310 (1953) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #351 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Janette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Janette were born in California than in any other state: about 4,773 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Janette was given 2.1 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Utah and 1.5 times in Texas.
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