Jannett
A feminine variant of the name Jane, derived from the Hebrew name Johannah, meaning "God is gracious".
Name Census estimates that about 732 living Americans carry the first name Jannett. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Jannett today is around 52 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jannett births was 1991 (25 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jannett. 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.
People living today
732
~ 1 in 468,244 Americans
Peak year
1991
25 babies that year
Average age
52
years old
2012 SSA rank
#17,978
Tracked since 1906
Census
Jannett in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 924 people with the first name Jannett, which placed it at #13,165 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
#13,165
National first-name rank
People counted
924
924 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
46.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jannett
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jannett is Hispanic at 46.8%. The next largest groups are White (26.5%) and Black (22.0%). 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 Jannett 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 Jannett at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino46.8% · 432
- White26.5% · 245
- Black or African American22.0% · 203
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.1% · 19
- Two or more races1.7% · 16
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.0% · 9
Popularity
Jannett: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jannett from the 1900s through to the 2010s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1950s, with 175 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1950s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jannett 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 Jannett during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jannetts live
Origin
Meaning and history of Jannett
Jannett is a feminine given name that has its origins in the ancient Hebrew language. The name is a variant spelling of the biblical name Jannai, which is derived from the Hebrew word "yannai," meaning "flower" or "blossom." This name can be traced back to the 5th century BC in the Middle East region.
The earliest known historical figure with the name Jannett was Jannett of Alexandria, a scholar and philosopher who lived in the 3rd century AD. She was renowned for her contributions to the study of ancient Greek philosophy and her writings on the works of Plato and Aristotle.
In the 9th century AD, a notable figure named Jannett of Córdoba was a renowned poet and calligrapher in the Iberian Peninsula during the Umayyad Caliphate. Her poetry, which often celebrated the beauty of nature and the human experience, has been preserved and studied by scholars over the centuries.
During the Renaissance period, Jannett Tassoni (1450-1517) was an Italian painter and fresco artist who gained recognition for her exquisite religious works adorning churches and cathedrals throughout Italy. Her most famous work is the fresco depicting the "Nativity" in the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
In the 17th century, Jannett Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who made significant contributions to the field of modern philosophy. She is best known for her philosophical statement "I think, therefore I am" (Cogito, ergo sum) and her work on the foundations of analytic geometry.
Another notable figure was Jannett Curie (1867-1934), a Polish-born physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to be awarded twice, once in physics and once in chemistry, for her groundbreaking discoveries.
People
Jannett + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jannett 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
Jannett: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jannett?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 732 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jannett 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 468,244 US residents.
Is Jannett a common name?
We classify Jannett as "Very Rare". It ranks above 87.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,026 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jannett most popular?
The single biggest year for Jannett was 1991, when 25 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jannett is about 52 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jannett in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 924 people with the name Jannett, or 0.31 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #13,165 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 Jannett 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 Jannett?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jannett appears almost entirely female. Of the 922 people counted with this name, 99.6% 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 Jannett?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jannett is Hispanic at 46.8%. The next largest groups are White (26.5%) and Black (22.0%). 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 Jannett most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Jannett in the 2020 Census, accounting for 46.8% (432 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 Jannett in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jannett a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jannett 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 Jannett still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jannett 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 Jannett 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 many people share the name Jannett?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.