# Janetta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janetta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,321 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,321 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Jane + -etta. Compare Janet.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 14 | 8,729 |
| 2008 | 12 | 9,736 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12,952 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,100 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,702 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,605 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,772 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,370 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,284 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,225 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,267 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,016 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,215 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,324 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,708 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.