Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Jeanette

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jeanette
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.9% from peak

Peak era

1939

Peak rank proxy

2,893

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19392024

Peak year

1939

Decline from peak

97.9%

2024

All-time

163,365

Jeanette once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1939, when 2,893 girls were named Jeanette.

In 2024, only 61 girls were given the name.

Down 97.9% from its peak.

All told, about 163,365 Americans have been named Jeanette and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.9% from peak

19392,893 girls named Jeanette

202461 girls named Jeanette

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