Janet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAN-it
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
Janet is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Janet mean?
Hebrew: medieval diminutive of Jane
“God is gracious”
A medieval diminutive of Jane, long especially common in Scotland.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Janet a girl's or a boy's name?
Janet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Janet, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 34 girls.
Half of all the girls named Janet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#88), 1914 (#91), 1924 (#96), 1934 (#25), 1944 (#8), 1954 (#5) and 1964 (#24).
Janet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 34 | #774 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Janet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Janet, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,005th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 18,477 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Janet than any year since 1889.
Half of all the girls named Janet in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were given Janet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,186, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
- Janet 61
- Janett 7
Janet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,020 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2021 | 92 | #2,071 |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,005 |
| 2019 | 123 | #1,700 |
| 2018 | 159 | #1,406 |
| 2017 | 171 | #1,353 |
| 2016 | 162 | #1,425 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,477 |
| 2014 | 168 | #1,376 |
| 2013 | 189 | #1,260 |
| 2012 | 212 | #1,158 |
| 2011 | 269 | #952 |
| 2010 | 298 | #889 |
| 2009 | 353 | #804 |
| 2008 | 415 | #717 |
| 2007 | 449 | #658 |
| 2006 | 523 | #561 |
| 2005 | 512 | #562 |
| 2004 | 672 | #452 |
| 2003 | 565 | #507 |
| 2002 | 630 | #456 |
| 2001 | 696 | #412 |
| 2000 | 686 | #412 |
| 1999 | 646 | #429 |
| 1998 | 759 | #372 |
| 1997 | 757 | #365 |
| 1996 | 827 | #338 |
| 1995 | 928 | #297 |
| 1994 | 1,007 | #277 |
| 1993 | 1,068 | #259 |
| 1992 | 1,197 | #230 |
| 1991 | 1,186 | #236 |
| 1990 | 1,285 | #223 |
| 1989 | 1,210 | #227 |
| 1988 | 1,179 | #220 |
| 1987 | 1,313 | #204 |
| 1986 | 1,236 | #214 |
| 1985 | 1,242 | #207 |
| 1984 | 1,266 | #207 |
| 1983 | 1,398 | #190 |
| 1982 | 1,499 | #182 |
| 1981 | 1,568 | #176 |
| 1980 | 1,609 | #172 |
| 1979 | 1,748 | #160 |
| 1978 | 1,730 | #159 |
| 1977 | 1,945 | #147 |
| 1976 | 1,879 | #142 |
| 1975 | 1,950 | #139 |
| 1974 | 2,175 | #130 |
| 1973 | 2,521 | #119 |
| 1972 | 2,954 | #111 |
| 1971 | 3,394 | #112 |
| 1970 | 4,158 | #96 |
| 1969 | 4,380 | #84 |
| 1968 | 4,838 | #73 |
| 1967 | 5,657 | #61 |
| 1966 | 6,434 | #57 |
| 1965 | 7,654 | #55 |
| 1964 | 9,249 | #48 |
| 1963 | 10,667 | #40 |
| 1962 | 12,256 | #35 |
| 1961 | 13,930 | #32 |
| 1960 | 14,250 | #32 |
| 1959 | 14,964 | #28 |
| 1958 | 14,816 | #28 |
| 1957 | 15,753 | #23 |
| 1956 | 16,758 | #21 |
| 1955 | 17,920 | #20 |
| 1954 | 18,477 | #19 |
| 1953 | 17,771 | #19 |
| 1952 | 17,921 | #19 |
| 1951 | 16,947 | #19 |
| 1950 | 16,193 | #18 |
| 1949 | 14,860 | #23 |
| 1948 | 13,977 | #24 |
| 1947 | 15,236 | #23 |
| 1946 | 14,142 | #21 |
| 1945 | 12,326 | #20 |
| 1944 | 12,592 | #21 |
| 1943 | 13,316 | #20 |
| 1942 | 13,065 | #19 |
| 1941 | 11,136 | #18 |
| 1940 | 10,105 | #19 |
| 1939 | 10,120 | #17 |
| 1938 | 9,870 | #16 |
| 1937 | 9,363 | #18 |
| 1936 | 8,080 | #21 |
| 1935 | 7,856 | #22 |
| 1934 | 8,071 | #21 |
| 1933 | 7,342 | #25 |
| 1932 | 5,786 | #35 |
| 1931 | 4,948 | #45 |
| 1930 | 4,602 | #53 |
| 1929 | 3,050 | #82 |
| 1928 | 2,782 | #95 |
| 1927 | 2,546 | #111 |
| 1926 | 2,469 | #110 |
| 1925 | 2,428 | #111 |
| 1924 | 2,293 | #118 |
| 1923 | 2,221 | #121 |
| 1922 | 2,004 | #129 |
| 1921 | 2,123 | #124 |
| 1920 | 2,057 | #124 |
| 1919 | 1,864 | #126 |
| 1918 | 1,812 | #129 |
| 1917 | 1,585 | #136 |
| 1916 | 1,449 | #142 |
| 1915 | 1,173 | #158 |
| 1914 | 883 | #163 |
| 1913 | 712 | #162 |
| 1912 | 553 | #177 |
| 1911 | 386 | #186 |
| 1910 | 296 | #216 |
| 1909 | 242 | #232 |
| 1908 | 231 | #226 |
| 1907 | 197 | #237 |
| 1906 | 139 | #281 |
| 1905 | 154 | #262 |
| 1904 | 128 | #278 |
| 1903 | 119 | #289 |
| 1902 | 115 | #292 |
| 1901 | 108 | #288 |
| 1900 | 108 | #326 |
| 1899 | 80 | #336 |
| 1898 | 122 | #277 |
| 1897 | 103 | #278 |
| 1896 | 102 | #289 |
| 1895 | 92 | #301 |
| 1894 | 89 | #293 |
| 1893 | 72 | #318 |
| 1892 | 78 | #308 |
| 1891 | 84 | #267 |
| 1890 | 76 | #286 |
| 1889 | 57 | #324 |
| 1888 | 68 | #284 |
| 1887 | 58 | #278 |
| 1886 | 56 | #277 |
| 1885 | 46 | #294 |
| 1884 | 40 | #304 |
| 1883 | 44 | #270 |
| 1882 | 35 | #296 |
| 1881 | 29 | #290 |
| 1880 | 28 | #294 |
Nicknames for Janet
Names like Janet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elizabeth Sarah Mary Josephine Betsy Nancy Jessie Anna Charlotte Elsie Annie Betty
Other spellings of Janet
Names related to Janet
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Janet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janet, updated 20 October 2026.