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The first name Jannette

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

A female given name, variant of Janet.

A form of Janet.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Jannette at birth, 1880–2025

In 2022, 5 girls born in the United States were named Jannette, the 16,327th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1960, when 121 were.

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5,219
babies named Jannette since 1880
#16,327
rank in 2022
1960
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Questions

Is Jannette a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,219 US babies named Jannette since 1880 were girls.
When was Jannette most popular?
1960 in the United States, when 121 babies were named Jannette, its highest rank at 974th.
What name is Jannette a form of?
Jannette is a form of Janet.