Jeanette

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1939 with 2,893 babies (rank #82 that year). In 2024 it was given to 61 girls (rank #2,778). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

163,902

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

2,893

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Jeanette

Jeanette Wintersontelevision writer · b. 1959
Jeanette MacDonaldrecording artist · b. 1903
Jeanette Jeromeautobiographer · b. 1854
Jeanette Biedermannpop musician · b. 1981
Jeanette J. Eppsmilitary flight engineer · b. 1970

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	55	#207
1881	36	#270
1882	64	#210
1883	63	#227
1884	73	#221
1885	76	#228
1886	83	#219
1887	85	#225
1888	126	#201
1889	106	#226
1890	129	#214
1891	101	#242
1892	129	#227
1893	142	#216
1894	152	#214
1895	167	#208
1896	172	#210
1897	158	#216
1898	191	#209
1899	162	#216
1900	233	#206
1901	161	#227
1902	198	#212
1903	198	#215
1904	221	#203
1905	243	#195
1906	269	#185
1907	294	#186
1908	304	#186
1909	317	#188
1910	382	#179
1911	444	#169
1912	623	#166
1913	734	#159
1914	977	#150
1915	1,273	#148
1916	1,522	#135
1917	1,638	#132
1918	1,774	#131
1919	1,767	#135
1920	2,043	#126
1921	2,096	#125
1922	2,005	#128
1923	2,029	#131
1924	2,066	#134
1925	1,920	#137
1926	1,871	#136
1927	1,970	#131
1928	1,944	#126
1929	1,839	#131
1930	2,434	#106
1931	2,234	#105
1932	2,291	#106
1933	2,223	#103
1934	2,293	#106
1935	2,290	#104
1936	2,552	#94
1937	2,741	#90
1938	2,802	#91
1939	2,893	#82
1940	2,727	#90
1941	2,596	#98
1942	2,688	#104
1943	2,554	#110
1944	2,255	#117
1945	2,053	#122
1946	2,412	#121
1947	2,601	#125
1948	2,331	#129
1949	2,511	#129
1950	2,413	#131
1951	2,543	#132
1952	2,580	#137
1953	2,608	#139
1954	2,488	#148
1955	2,376	#153
1956	2,338	#160
1957	2,297	#167
1958	2,098	#179
1959	2,243	#171
1960	2,647	#159
1961	2,559	#163
1962	2,611	#157
1963	2,568	#158
1964	2,381	#162
1965	2,069	#169
1966	1,963	#172
1967	1,851	#172
1968	1,751	#183
1969	1,686	#189
1970	1,724	#190
1971	1,677	#186
1972	1,494	#191
1973	1,362	#190
1974	1,326	#191
1975	1,160	#212
1976	1,127	#217
1977	1,065	#235
1978	1,028	#238
1979	1,007	#249
1980	1,026	#250
1981	1,088	#232
1982	938	#264
1983	918	#260
1984	871	#275
1985	935	#268
1986	1,111	#234
1987	1,066	#243
1988	976	#263
1989	1,012	#264
1990	989	#281
1991	1,052	#265
1992	847	#323
1993	678	#378
1994	559	#457
1995	480	#510
1996	452	#522
1997	389	#590
1998	309	#715
1999	295	#756
2000	292	#785
2001	275	#835
2002	222	#993
2003	220	#1,040
2004	189	#1,187
2005	167	#1,321
2006	173	#1,346
2007	129	#1,697
2008	143	#1,591
2009	126	#1,736
2010	120	#1,744
2011	119	#1,733
2012	106	#1,891
2013	107	#1,883
2014	102	#1,963
2015	97	#2,032
2016	78	#2,400
2017	90	#2,135
2018	77	#2,372
2019	69	#2,550
2020	67	#2,563
2021	68	#2,569
2022	69	#2,563
2023	62	#2,769
2024	61	#2,778