Janetta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NET-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Janetta is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Janetta mean?
Hebrew: elaboration of Janet, a pet form of Jane
“God is gracious”
Jane and Janet are feminine forms of John.
Is Janetta a girl's or a boy's name?
Janetta is a girls' name.
How popular is Janetta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1954, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
Half of all the girls named Janetta in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janetta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 40 | #2,414 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,154 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,977 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,962 |
| 1977 | 41 | #2,216 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,906 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,871 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,812 |
| 1967 | 61 | #1,416 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,700 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,593 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,522 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,557 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1960 | 65 | #1,365 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,764 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,281 |
| 1957 | 68 | #1,273 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 61 | #1,291 |
| 1954 | 70 | #1,196 |
| 1953 | 65 | #1,198 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,350 |
| 1951 | 61 | #1,189 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,473 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,375 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,597 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,575 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,507 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,373 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,400 |
| 1943 | 50 | #1,142 |
| 1942 | 48 | #1,137 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,335 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,272 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,091 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1935 | 43 | #1,055 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,236 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,874 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,588 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,770 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,895 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,897 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,889 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
Nicknames for Janetta
Names like Janetta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rebecca, Jacqueline, Anita, Joanna, Priscilla, Judith, Jessica, Regina, Sara, Loretta, Jana, Jane
Names related to Janetta
Janet, Janeth, Janette, Janita, Janett, Janneth, Jannet, Jannette
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, “Janetta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janetta, updated 20 October 2026.