Jeannette Girl
How popular is Jeannette?
#5,237 girl name in 2025
24 baby girls were named Jeannette in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
Jeannette popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,237 for girls (▲ 722 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,988 in 2015, #4,646 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (1,113 girls) |
| Highest rank | #173 in 1916 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jeannette counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jeanette family of names ranked #1,555 for girls in 2025 (#1,803 the year before), with 99 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanette | 75 | 76% |
| Jeannette | 24 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jeannette is most popular
Babies named Jeannette per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Jeannette by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 705 | #211 |
| 1890s | 1,289 | #219 |
| 1900s | 2,111 | #190 |
| 1910s | 7,719 | #173 |
| 1920s | 9,992 | #189 |
| 1930s | 9,798 | #175 |
| 1940s | 9,631 | #181 |
| 1950s | 8,863 | #256 |
| 1960s | 7,565 | #305 |
| 1970s | 5,196 | #349 |
| 1980s | 3,708 | #450 |
| 1990s | 1,648 | #692 |
| 2000s | 547 | #2,284 |
| 2010s | 350 | #3,363 |
| 2020s | 129 | #4,646 |
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Questions
- Is Jeannette a boy or girl name?
- Jeannette is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jeannette were girls.
- How popular is the name Jeannette?
- 24 baby girls were named Jeannette in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
- When was Jeannette most popular?
- Jeannette peaked in 1917, when 1,113 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #173 in 1916.
- How many people are named Jeannette?
- 69,300 babies have been named Jeannette in the US since 1880. We estimate about 34,123 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Jeannette most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jeannette was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.