Janet

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Janet is a feminine given name meaning "God is gracious" or "gift from God". It is the feminine form of John. It is a variation of the French proper noun Jeannette, Spanish proper noun Juanita, Russian ะ–ะฐะฝะตั‚, Circassian ะ”ะถัะฝัั‚, and Hungarian Zsanett.

From Wikipedia

Janet first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 294 babies (rank #48 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Janet

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Janet yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,226
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
294
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952255#36
1953270#36
1954220#42
1955238#38
1956214#42
1957202#47
1958169#55
1959162#56
1960294#48
1961262#57
1962246#58
1963229#59
1964181#63
1965149#76
196640#111
196748#107
196842#116
20141#1,708
20152#678
20161#1,702
20171#1,697