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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jeanetta

Jeanetta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 822nd; the most babies were born in 1961 (104). More babies were named Jeanetta in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1961104 babies
Total since 1880
5,149babies recorded

Jeanetta popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#18,2015
2000#7,76613
1990#2,70943
1980#2,02652
1970#1,36177
1960#1,20382
1950#96288
1940#86069
1930#94660
1920#1,33035
1910#1,6959
1900#1,6467
1890——
1880——

How popular is Jeanetta, counting every spelling?

Jeanetta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Jeanetta?

About 3,300 people born in the US named Jeanetta are alive today, with a median age of 61; half are between 48 and 72. That makes Jeanetta a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Jeanetta by state

How common Jeanetta was among girls born in each state in 1959–1963, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (3.4×), Missouri (2.3×), Texas (2.0×). In 35 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIN0.05Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMO0.10Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesKS0.06Arkansas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAR0.06Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesOK0.13Louisiana: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesLA0.05Mississippi: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMS0.10Alabama: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesAL0.15Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jeanetta, girls, 1959–1963. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Jeanetta

How popular is the name Jeanetta?

Jeanetta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 822nd; the most babies were born in 1961 (104). More babies were named Jeanetta in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Jeanetta a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jeanetta in the US.

Where was Jeanetta most popular?

In 1959–1963, Jeanetta was most common in Alabama (0.15 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Mississippi.