Jeanette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-NET
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,387 for girls
Jeanette is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).
What does Jeanette mean?
Hebrew: French diminutive of Jeanne
“God is gracious”
A French diminutive of Jeanne, the feminine of Jean (John).
Is Jeanette a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeanette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeanette in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jeanette in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#75), 1954 (#83) and 1964 (#85).
Jeanette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Jeanette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,387th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Jeanette, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 1939, with 2,893 girls.
2025 had more girls named Jeanette than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Jeanette in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 99 girls in the US were given Jeanette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,700, up from #2,387 for this spelling alone.
- Jeanette 75
- Jeannette 24
Jeanette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,387 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,558 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,538 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2017 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 97 | #2,025 |
| 2014 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,880 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,728 |
| 2010 | 120 | #1,738 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,733 |
| 2008 | 143 | #1,589 |
| 2007 | 129 | #1,695 |
| 2006 | 173 | #1,342 |
| 2005 | 167 | #1,319 |
| 2004 | 190 | #1,179 |
| 2003 | 220 | #1,037 |
| 2002 | 222 | #990 |
| 2001 | 275 | #834 |
| 2000 | 292 | #785 |
| 1999 | 295 | #755 |
| 1998 | 309 | #715 |
| 1997 | 389 | #590 |
| 1996 | 452 | #522 |
| 1995 | 480 | #510 |
| 1994 | 559 | #457 |
| 1993 | 678 | #378 |
| 1992 | 847 | #322 |
| 1991 | 1,052 | #264 |
| 1990 | 989 | #281 |
| 1989 | 1,012 | #263 |
| 1988 | 976 | #262 |
| 1987 | 1,065 | #243 |
| 1986 | 1,111 | #234 |
| 1985 | 935 | #268 |
| 1984 | 871 | #275 |
| 1983 | 918 | #260 |
| 1982 | 938 | #264 |
| 1981 | 1,088 | #232 |
| 1980 | 1,026 | #250 |
| 1979 | 1,007 | #249 |
| 1978 | 1,028 | #238 |
| 1977 | 1,065 | #235 |
| 1976 | 1,127 | #217 |
| 1975 | 1,160 | #212 |
| 1974 | 1,326 | #191 |
| 1973 | 1,362 | #190 |
| 1972 | 1,494 | #191 |
| 1971 | 1,677 | #186 |
| 1970 | 1,724 | #190 |
| 1969 | 1,686 | #189 |
| 1968 | 1,752 | #183 |
| 1967 | 1,850 | #172 |
| 1966 | 1,963 | #172 |
| 1965 | 2,070 | #169 |
| 1964 | 2,380 | #162 |
| 1963 | 2,568 | #158 |
| 1962 | 2,611 | #157 |
| 1961 | 2,559 | #163 |
| 1960 | 2,647 | #159 |
| 1959 | 2,243 | #171 |
| 1958 | 2,098 | #179 |
| 1957 | 2,297 | #167 |
| 1956 | 2,338 | #160 |
| 1955 | 2,376 | #153 |
| 1954 | 2,488 | #148 |
| 1953 | 2,608 | #139 |
| 1952 | 2,580 | #137 |
| 1951 | 2,543 | #132 |
| 1950 | 2,413 | #131 |
| 1949 | 2,511 | #129 |
| 1948 | 2,331 | #129 |
| 1947 | 2,600 | #125 |
| 1946 | 2,412 | #121 |
| 1945 | 2,053 | #122 |
| 1944 | 2,255 | #117 |
| 1943 | 2,554 | #109 |
| 1942 | 2,688 | #104 |
| 1941 | 2,596 | #98 |
| 1940 | 2,727 | #90 |
| 1939 | 2,893 | #82 |
| 1938 | 2,802 | #91 |
| 1937 | 2,741 | #90 |
| 1936 | 2,552 | #94 |
| 1935 | 2,290 | #104 |
| 1934 | 2,293 | #106 |
| 1933 | 2,223 | #103 |
| 1932 | 2,291 | #106 |
| 1931 | 2,234 | #105 |
| 1930 | 2,434 | #106 |
| 1929 | 1,839 | #131 |
| 1928 | 1,944 | #126 |
| 1927 | 1,970 | #131 |
| 1926 | 1,871 | #136 |
| 1925 | 1,920 | #137 |
| 1924 | 2,066 | #134 |
| 1923 | 2,029 | #131 |
| 1922 | 2,005 | #128 |
| 1921 | 2,096 | #125 |
| 1920 | 2,043 | #126 |
| 1919 | 1,767 | #135 |
| 1918 | 1,774 | #131 |
| 1917 | 1,638 | #132 |
| 1916 | 1,522 | #135 |
| 1915 | 1,273 | #148 |
| 1914 | 977 | #150 |
| 1913 | 734 | #159 |
| 1912 | 623 | #166 |
| 1911 | 444 | #169 |
| 1910 | 382 | #179 |
| 1909 | 317 | #188 |
| 1908 | 304 | #186 |
| 1907 | 294 | #186 |
| 1906 | 269 | #185 |
| 1905 | 243 | #195 |
| 1904 | 221 | #203 |
| 1903 | 198 | #214 |
| 1902 | 198 | #211 |
| 1901 | 161 | #226 |
| 1900 | 233 | #206 |
| 1899 | 162 | #215 |
| 1898 | 191 | #209 |
| 1897 | 158 | #216 |
| 1896 | 172 | #210 |
| 1895 | 167 | #207 |
| 1894 | 152 | #214 |
| 1893 | 142 | #216 |
| 1892 | 129 | #227 |
| 1891 | 101 | #241 |
| 1890 | 129 | #214 |
| 1889 | 106 | #225 |
| 1888 | 126 | #200 |
| 1887 | 85 | #225 |
| 1886 | 83 | #219 |
| 1885 | 76 | #227 |
| 1884 | 73 | #221 |
| 1883 | 63 | #227 |
| 1882 | 64 | #208 |
| 1881 | 36 | #268 |
| 1880 | 55 | #206 |
Names like Jeanette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josephine, Alice, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Jessie, Sarah, Jane, Annie, Elsie, Mary, Anna, Janice
Other spellings of Jeanette
Names related to Jeanette
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Jeanette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeanette, updated 20 October 2026.