Janeth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-NET
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Janeth is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Janeth mean?
Hebrew: Spanish-language form of Janet, a diminutive of Jane
“God is gracious”
Is Janeth a girl's or a boy's name?
Janeth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janeth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Janeth, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 175 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer girls named Janeth than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Janeth in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janeth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 89 | #2,138 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | 83 | #2,296 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 142 | #1,597 |
| 2007 | 149 | #1,537 |
| 2006 | 170 | #1,359 |
| 2005 | 171 | #1,301 |
| 2004 | 170 | #1,263 |
| 2003 | 175 | #1,211 |
| 2002 | 170 | #1,196 |
| 2001 | 132 | #1,426 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,429 |
| 1999 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,673 |
| 1997 | 110 | #1,488 |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,581 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,558 |
| 1994 | 82 | #1,765 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,527 |
| 1992 | 102 | #1,527 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,487 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,993 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,862 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,910 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,721 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,590 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,471 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,874 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,328 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
Names like Janeth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordyn Jordan Lizbeth Jocelyn Mia Hannah Leah Abigail Jasmine Abby Gianna Elise
Names related to Janeth
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Janeth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janeth, updated 20 October 2026.