# Jeanette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeanette/  
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 | 163,977 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 537 / 163,440 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 81, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 119 | 1,733 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,892 |
| 2013 | 107 | 1,883 |
| 2014 | 102 | 1,963 |
| 2015 | 97 | 2,032 |
| 2016 | 78 | 2,400 |
| 2017 | 90 | 2,136 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,373 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,550 |
| 2020 | 67 | 2,564 |
| 2021 | 68 | 2,571 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,540 |
| 2023 | 62 | 2,773 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,787 |
| 2025 | 75 | 2,391 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 5,443 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,380 |
| 1979 | 7 | 5,079 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,190 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,728 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,302 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,768 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,010 |
| 1986 | 12 | 3,738 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,842 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,814 |
| 1989 | 11 | 4,638 |
| 1991 | 9 | 5,713 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,001 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,485 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Jeanette

- Jeanette Winterson, English writer
- Jeanette Jerome, American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921)
- Jeanette MacDonald, American singer and actress (1903-1965)
- Jeanette J. Epps, American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut (born 1970)
- Jeanette Nolan, American actress (1911–1998)
- Jeanette Ottesen, Danish swimmer
- Jeanette Hain, German actress and screen writer
- Jeanette Loff, American actress (1906–1942)
- Jeanette Nuñez, American businesswoman and politician (born 1972)
- Jeanette Kwakye, British sprinter
- Jeanette Brakewell, equestrian
- Jeanette Kessler, British alpine skier

## 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.