Jennette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NET
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jennette 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 Jennette mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jeanette, via French
“God is gracious”
A variant of Jeanette, the French diminutive of Jeanne, which is the feminine form of Jean (John).
Is Jennette a girl's or a boy's name?
Jennette is a girls' name.
How popular is Jennette in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 80 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jennette in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jennette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,264 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,020 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,905 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,816 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,504 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,704 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,623 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,598 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,877 |
| 1976 | 72 | #1,446 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,527 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,532 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,666 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,586 |
| 1970 | 61 | #1,570 |
| 1969 | 60 | #1,531 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,940 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,537 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,586 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,655 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,946 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,781 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,665 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,810 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,880 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,727 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,616 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,539 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,372 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,891 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,480 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,410 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,563 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 48 | #1,238 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,373 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,204 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,790 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,367 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,418 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,597 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,737 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,618 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,846 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,439 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,360 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,344 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 15 | #896 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 12 | #950 |
| 1895 | 15 | #815 |
| 1894 | 11 | #950 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 16 | #726 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Nicknames for Jennette
Names like Jennette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jane Anne Jessie Josephine Janie Marie Katherine Jeanette Mary Annie Alice Catherine
Names related to Jennette
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, “Jennette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jennette, updated 20 October 2026.