Janett
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAN-it
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Janett is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Janett mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Janet; medieval diminutive of Jane
“God is gracious”
A medieval diminutive of Jane, long especially common in Scotland.
Meaning borrowed from Janet. More on Wiktionary.
Is Janett a girl's or a boy's name?
Janett is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Janett, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1991, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the girls named Janett in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were given Janett or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,186, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
- Janet 61
- Janett 7
Janett in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,618 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,952 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,269 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 52 | #2,009 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,558 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,648 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,767 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,500 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,551 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,480 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,490 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,505 |
| 1955 | 62 | #1,274 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,284 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,438 |
| 1952 | 63 | #1,194 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,395 |
| 1950 | 52 | #1,275 |
| 1949 | 54 | #1,235 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,326 |
| 1947 | 61 | #1,149 |
| 1946 | 54 | #1,164 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,186 |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,061 |
| 1943 | 48 | #1,168 |
| 1942 | 52 | #1,091 |
| 1941 | 48 | #1,052 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,378 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,316 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,099 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,245 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,101 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,317 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,501 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,022 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,925 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,730 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
Nicknames for Janett
Names like Janett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Judith, Jacqueline, Jamie, Jenny, Michelle, Julie, Judy, Jackie, Jana, Sara, Rachel, Marlene
Other spellings of Janett
Names related to Janett
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Janett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janett, updated 20 October 2026.