Jannete
Feminine form of the French name Jeannette, a diminutive of Jeanne, from Hebrew Yohanan meaning "God is gracious".
Name Census estimates that about 56 living Americans carry the first name Jannete. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Jannete today is around 32 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jannete births was 1991 (11 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jannete. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Jannete. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
56
~ 1 in 6,120,613 Americans
Peak year
1991
11 babies that year
Average age
32
years old
2004 SSA rank
#14,913
Tracked since 1987
Census
Jannete in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 205 people with the first name Jannete, which placed it at #37,817 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#37,817
National first-name rank
People counted
205
205 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
77.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jannete
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jannete is Hispanic at 77.1%. The next largest groups are White (8.3%) and Black (8.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jannete described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jannete at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino77.1% · 158
- White8.3% · 17
- Black or African American8.3% · 17
- Asian and Pacific Islander6.3% · 13
Popularity
Jannete: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jannete from the 1980s through to the 2000s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 34 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1990s peak, Jannete remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jannete by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jannete during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jannetes live
Origin
Meaning and history of Jannete
The name Jannete is a variant spelling of the feminine given name Jeanette, which is a French diminutive form of the name Jeanne. Jeanne itself is the French form of the name Joan, derived from the medieval French pronunciation of the Hebrew name Johanan, meaning "God is gracious."
The earliest recorded use of the name Jannete dates back to the 13th century in France. It was a popular name among French nobility and aristocracy during the Middle Ages. One notable historical figure with this name was Jannete of Burgundy (1293-1348), a Duchess of Burgundy and Countess of Artois.
In the 15th century, the name Jannete appeared in several literary works, including the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer and the plays of William Shakespeare. One of Shakespeare's characters, Jannete, appeared in the play "The Two Gentlemen of Verona."
During the Renaissance period, the name Jannete gained popularity across Europe, particularly in England and Scotland. A notable bearer of this name was Jannete Douglas (1537-1586), a Scottish noblewoman and mistress of King James V of Scotland.
In the 17th century, the name Jannete was used among Puritan families in colonial America. One example is Jannete Winthrop (1600-1676), the daughter of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
As the name spread to different regions, various spellings emerged, such as Jannete, Janette, and Jenette. In the 19th century, the French writer Victor Hugo featured a character named Jannete in his novel "Les Misérables."
Other notable historical figures with the name Jannete include Jannete Rankin (1880-1973), the first woman elected to the United States Congress, and Jannete Pickersgill (1811-1885), who sewed the first official flag of Canada.
People
Jannete + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jannete as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jannete: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jannete?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 56 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jannete going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 6,120,613 US residents.
Is Jannete a common name?
We classify Jannete as "Very Rare". It ranks above 56% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 58 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jannete most popular?
The single biggest year for Jannete was 1991, when 11 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jannete is about 32 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jannete in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 205 people with the name Jannete, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #37,817 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jannete in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jannete?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jannete appears almost entirely female. Of the 204 people counted with this name, 99.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jannete?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jannete is Hispanic at 77.1%. The next largest groups are White (8.3%) and Black (8.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jannete most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Jannete in the 2020 Census, accounting for 77.1% (158 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jannete in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jannete a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jannete in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jannete still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jannete in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jannete can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Jannete?
For a quick modern take, check how many people share the name Jannete on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org.