# Jeannette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeannette/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒəˈnɛt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jeanette, Jennette |
| US babies named this | 69,300 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 69,251 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Jeannette, from Jeanne + -ette, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

## 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 | 40 | 3,805 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,398 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,114 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,592 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,028 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,468 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,526 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,529 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,597 |
| 2020 | 28 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,089 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,562 |
| 2023 | 23 | 5,465 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,033 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,309 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 6 | 3,796 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,563 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3,441 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,799 |
| 1940 | 9 | 2,571 |
| 1942 | 6 | 3,381 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,322 |
| 1969 | 6 | 4,149 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Žaneta
- Finnish: Janette
- French: Jeannette
- Hungarian: Zsanett
- Latvian: Žanete
- Polish: Żaneta
- Slovak: Žaneta

## People named Jeannette

- Jeannette Rankin, American congresswoman for Montana (1880-1973)
- Jeannette Altwegg, British figure skater
- Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of Rwanda
- Jeannette Campbell, Argentine swimmer (1916–2003)
- Jeannette Walls, American writer and journalist
- Jeannette Jara, Chilean public administrator, lawyer, and politician from the Communist Party
- Jeannette Piccard, American balloonist, scientist, teacher and priest (1895-1981)
- Jeannette Wing, American computer scientist
- Jeannette Yango, association football player from Cameroon
- Jeannette Thurber, American philanthropist (1850-1946)
- Jeannette Baljeu, Dutch politician
- Jeannette Lewin, field hockey player

## 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.