Janet

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 Жанет, Circassian Джэнэт, and Hungarian Zsanett.

From Wikipedia

Janet first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1954 with 18,477 babies (rank #19 that year). In 2024 it was given to 74 girls (rank #2,441). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

558,224

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

18,477

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Janet

Janet Jacksonrecording artist · b. 1966
Janet Yellenfinance minister · b. 1946
Janet Gaynorfilm actor · b. 1906
Janet Leighfilm actor · b. 1927
Janet McTeerfilm actor · b. 1961

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	28	#299
1881	29	#294
1882	35	#297
1883	44	#272
1884	40	#308
1885	46	#294
1886	56	#278
1887	58	#281
1888	68	#284
1889	57	#327
1890	76	#287
1891	84	#269
1892	78	#308
1893	72	#318
1894	89	#293
1895	92	#302
1896	102	#290
1897	103	#279
1898	122	#277
1899	80	#337
1900	108	#326
1901	108	#288
1902	115	#294
1903	119	#289
1904	128	#278
1905	154	#263
1906	139	#282
1907	197	#238
1908	231	#226
1909	242	#232
1910	296	#217
1911	386	#186
1912	553	#177
1913	712	#162
1914	883	#163
1915	1,173	#158
1916	1,449	#142
1917	1,585	#136
1918	1,812	#129
1919	1,864	#126
1920	2,057	#124
1921	2,123	#124
1922	2,004	#129
1923	2,221	#121
1924	2,293	#118
1925	2,428	#111
1926	2,468	#110
1927	2,546	#111
1928	2,782	#95
1929	3,050	#82
1930	4,602	#53
1931	4,948	#45
1932	5,786	#35
1933	7,342	#25
1934	8,070	#21
1935	7,856	#22
1936	8,081	#21
1937	9,363	#18
1938	9,870	#16
1939	10,120	#17
1940	10,105	#19
1941	11,137	#18
1942	13,064	#19
1943	13,316	#20
1944	12,592	#21
1945	12,326	#20
1946	14,142	#21
1947	15,236	#23
1948	13,977	#24
1949	14,859	#23
1950	16,193	#18
1951	16,947	#19
1952	17,921	#19
1953	17,771	#19
1954	18,477	#19
1955	17,920	#20
1956	16,758	#21
1957	15,753	#23
1958	14,817	#28
1959	14,962	#28
1960	14,249	#32
1961	13,932	#32
1962	12,255	#35
1963	10,666	#40
1964	9,249	#48
1965	7,654	#55
1966	6,434	#57
1967	5,657	#61
1968	4,838	#73
1969	4,381	#84
1970	4,159	#96
1971	3,394	#112
1972	2,954	#111
1973	2,521	#119
1974	2,175	#130
1975	1,950	#139
1976	1,879	#142
1977	1,944	#147
1978	1,730	#159
1979	1,747	#160
1980	1,610	#172
1981	1,568	#176
1982	1,499	#182
1983	1,398	#190
1984	1,266	#207
1985	1,242	#207
1986	1,236	#214
1987	1,313	#204
1988	1,179	#220
1989	1,210	#227
1990	1,285	#223
1991	1,186	#236
1992	1,197	#230
1993	1,068	#259
1994	1,007	#277
1995	928	#298
1996	827	#338
1997	757	#365
1998	759	#373
1999	646	#430
2000	686	#412
2001	696	#412
2002	630	#457
2003	565	#508
2004	672	#452
2005	512	#562
2006	523	#562
2007	449	#660
2008	415	#718
2009	353	#805
2010	298	#890
2011	269	#953
2012	212	#1,160
2013	189	#1,261
2014	168	#1,378
2015	154	#1,489
2016	162	#1,427
2017	171	#1,358
2018	159	#1,408
2019	123	#1,703
2020	92	#2,024
2021	92	#2,077
2022	103	#1,935
2023	97	#2,027
2024	74	#2,441