Jannette
- Gender
- Girl
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- Origin
- Hebrew
Jannette 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 Jannette mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jeanette, a French diminutive of Jeanne
“God is gracious”
Is Jannette a girl's or a boy's name?
Jannette is a girls' name.
How popular is Jannette in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1960, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Jannette in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jannette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 70 | #1,960 |
| 1991 | 102 | #1,511 |
| 1990 | 66 | #2,024 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,938 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,835 |
| 1987 | 76 | #1,618 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,619 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,822 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,700 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,886 |
| 1979 | 77 | #1,517 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,746 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,801 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,604 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,520 |
| 1973 | 80 | #1,286 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,322 |
| 1970 | 71 | #1,444 |
| 1969 | 88 | #1,190 |
| 1968 | 72 | #1,301 |
| 1967 | 84 | #1,155 |
| 1966 | 79 | #1,209 |
| 1965 | 77 | #1,226 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,172 |
| 1963 | 96 | #1,113 |
| 1962 | 119 | #978 |
| 1961 | 83 | #1,210 |
| 1960 | 121 | #969 |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,164 |
| 1958 | 104 | #1,017 |
| 1957 | 103 | #1,032 |
| 1956 | 112 | #950 |
| 1955 | 103 | #983 |
| 1954 | 103 | #951 |
| 1953 | 88 | #1,025 |
| 1952 | 73 | #1,099 |
| 1951 | 103 | #890 |
| 1950 | 88 | #958 |
| 1949 | 83 | #981 |
| 1948 | 72 | #1,040 |
| 1947 | 87 | #950 |
| 1946 | 69 | #1,014 |
| 1945 | 58 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 63 | #982 |
| 1943 | 67 | #965 |
| 1942 | 60 | #1,006 |
| 1941 | 54 | #993 |
| 1940 | 43 | #1,097 |
| 1939 | 54 | #960 |
| 1938 | 49 | #1,018 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,099 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,182 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,421 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
Names like Jannette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jacqueline, Michelle, Janelle, Jane, Judith, Jamie, Janice, Julie, Marlene, Joanne, Jeanette, Jolene
Names related to Jannette
Jannat, Janeth, Janette, Jeannette, Janett, Janetta, Janneth, Jannet
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, “Jannette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jannette, updated 20 October 2026.