Jeannette
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Jeannette is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Jeannette mean?
French
A female given name from French.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jeannette a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeannette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeannette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Jeannette, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 1,113 girls.
2025 had more girls named Jeannette than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Jeannette in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 99 girls in the US were given Jeannette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,700, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
- Jeanette 75
- Jeannette 24
Jeannette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,885 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 70 | #2,284 |
| 2000 | 62 | #2,453 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,719 |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,654 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 146 | #1,173 |
| 1994 | 150 | #1,174 |
| 1993 | 193 | #970 |
| 1992 | 214 | #912 |
| 1991 | 308 | #692 |
| 1990 | 266 | #768 |
| 1989 | 311 | #656 |
| 1988 | 346 | #586 |
| 1987 | 343 | #578 |
| 1986 | 425 | #500 |
| 1985 | 369 | #539 |
| 1984 | 283 | #626 |
| 1983 | 327 | #557 |
| 1982 | 415 | #491 |
| 1981 | 415 | #493 |
| 1980 | 474 | #450 |
| 1979 | 410 | #493 |
| 1978 | 408 | #479 |
| 1977 | 460 | #444 |
| 1976 | 406 | #466 |
| 1975 | 428 | #452 |
| 1974 | 542 | #383 |
| 1973 | 537 | #381 |
| 1972 | 574 | #374 |
| 1971 | 717 | #349 |
| 1970 | 714 | #352 |
| 1969 | 683 | #342 |
| 1968 | 632 | #354 |
| 1967 | 653 | #351 |
| 1966 | 643 | #358 |
| 1965 | 697 | #346 |
| 1964 | 732 | #349 |
| 1963 | 802 | #334 |
| 1962 | 908 | #308 |
| 1961 | 877 | #316 |
| 1960 | 938 | #305 |
| 1959 | 938 | #296 |
| 1958 | 886 | #302 |
| 1957 | 863 | #314 |
| 1956 | 902 | #297 |
| 1955 | 870 | #293 |
| 1954 | 855 | #291 |
| 1953 | 911 | #274 |
| 1952 | 898 | #267 |
| 1951 | 856 | #268 |
| 1950 | 884 | #256 |
| 1949 | 917 | #251 |
| 1948 | 957 | #240 |
| 1947 | 994 | #237 |
| 1946 | 965 | #230 |
| 1945 | 788 | #236 |
| 1944 | 931 | #212 |
| 1943 | 1,037 | #203 |
| 1942 | 1,055 | #194 |
| 1941 | 948 | #198 |
| 1940 | 1,039 | #181 |
| 1939 | 1,018 | #184 |
| 1938 | 1,044 | #186 |
| 1937 | 1,012 | #189 |
| 1936 | 955 | #188 |
| 1935 | 949 | #186 |
| 1934 | 919 | #195 |
| 1933 | 860 | #203 |
| 1932 | 1,080 | #175 |
| 1931 | 974 | #185 |
| 1930 | 987 | #195 |
| 1929 | 929 | #201 |
| 1928 | 889 | #211 |
| 1927 | 910 | #209 |
| 1926 | 920 | #207 |
| 1925 | 1,050 | #195 |
| 1924 | 1,032 | #201 |
| 1923 | 1,081 | #194 |
| 1922 | 1,027 | #197 |
| 1921 | 1,094 | #191 |
| 1920 | 1,060 | #189 |
| 1919 | 1,068 | #184 |
| 1918 | 1,077 | #185 |
| 1917 | 1,113 | #177 |
| 1916 | 1,082 | #173 |
| 1915 | 903 | #187 |
| 1914 | 699 | #189 |
| 1913 | 570 | #192 |
| 1912 | 487 | #199 |
| 1911 | 373 | #192 |
| 1910 | 347 | #191 |
| 1909 | 311 | #190 |
| 1908 | 260 | #208 |
| 1907 | 235 | #213 |
| 1906 | 216 | #209 |
| 1905 | 205 | #216 |
| 1904 | 212 | #208 |
| 1903 | 161 | #236 |
| 1902 | 174 | #228 |
| 1901 | 167 | #220 |
| 1900 | 170 | #248 |
| 1899 | 125 | #251 |
| 1898 | 144 | #245 |
| 1897 | 144 | #230 |
| 1896 | 135 | #236 |
| 1895 | 150 | #224 |
| 1894 | 133 | #232 |
| 1893 | 139 | #219 |
| 1892 | 122 | #239 |
| 1891 | 98 | #244 |
| 1890 | 99 | #250 |
| 1889 | 92 | #243 |
| 1888 | 109 | #221 |
| 1887 | 95 | #211 |
| 1886 | 75 | #237 |
| 1885 | 81 | #219 |
| 1884 | 63 | #239 |
| 1883 | 53 | #247 |
| 1882 | 60 | #221 |
| 1881 | 43 | #240 |
| 1880 | 34 | #265 |
Names like Jeannette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jane, Alice, Louise, Josephine, Anne, June, Catherine, Annette, Florence, Irene, Lucille, Katherine
Other spellings of Jeannette
Names related to Jeannette
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
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, “Jeannette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeannette, updated 20 October 2026.