Jeanette

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Jeanette is a female name, a diminutive form of the name Jeanne. Other variations are Janette and Janet. The name is derived from the Hebrew "God is gracious".

From Wikipedia

Jeanette first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 14 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1956 with 166 babies (rank #53 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jeanette

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

1,522
Total babies (all years)
14
Years in the data
166
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
1952152#57
1953146#63
1954137#64
1955132#64
1956166#53
1957111#75
1958109#77
1959101#83
1960149#77
196189#99
1962138#80
196390#95
20151#1,719
20161#1,725