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 1944 and has been recorded in 68 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 113 babies (rank #173 that year). In 2017 it was given to 1 girls (rank #95). 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.

2,147
Total babies (all years)
68
Years in the data
113
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
19442#21
19452#131
19482#75
19502#22
19529#480
195310#595
195415#498
195520#449
195611#598
195721#451
195818#492
195942#324
196048#294
196174#220
196258#272
196354#285
196458#273
196592#189
196697#183
196797#181
196880#221
1969113#173
1970110#178
197199#189
197273#232
197364#237
197468#220
197550#270
197653#257
197742#294
197853#266
197939#315
198035#353
198130#382
198222#447
198327#398
198425#431
198526#430
198639#349
198731#395
198824#468
198927#439
199036#384
199122#530
199226#484
199317#623
199422#525
199519#559
199618#584
199713#698
19986#1,015
19999#845
200011#778
20019#837
200217#595
200314#646
20047#911
20054#1,159
20066#959
20076#941
20086#919
20094#1,094
20105#966
20114#1,022
20131#1,400
20151#253
20161#61
20171#95