Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Jeannette

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

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

1,113

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

All-time

69,226

Jeannette 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 1917, when 1,113 girls were named Jeannette.

In 2024, only 20 girls were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 69,226 Americans have been named Jeannette and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

19171,113 girls named Jeannette

202420 girls named Jeannette

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