How Many People Are Named Jeanette?
people named Jeanette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,759 people in the US has this name
Based on 163,977 babies named Jeanette 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
2,902 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JEANNETTE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jeanette in English. Counting Jeanette and these spellings together, about 152,186 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jeanette (99.7%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Jeanette alive today is about 61 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 75 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Jeanette first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1939, to 2,902 babies. In 2025, 75 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Jeanette never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #82, in 1939, and it was in the top 100 for 6 years, 1936 to 1941. In 2025 it ranked #2,391.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,391 |
| Best rank | #82 (1939) |
| Years in the top 100 | 6 (1936 to 1941) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #102 in the 1930s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Jeanette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jeanette were born in California than in any other state: about 12,733 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jeanette was given 1.5 times as often in Wisconsin, 1.4 times in California and 1.4 times in Minnesota.
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