Girl
Janette
As a girl's name, Janette traces back to French, where it is understood to mean "French diminutive of Jane". It was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. Its single strongest year on record was 1953.
FrenchFrench diminutive of Jane
EtymologyMeaning "God is gracious"
Births by decade
1900s
196
1910s
805
1920s
1,611
1930s
2,722
1940s
3,619
1950s
6,097
1960s
5,221
1970s
3,555
1980s
3,226
1990s
2,660
2000s
1,494
2010s
546
Peaked in the 1950s · 31,752 total U.S. births since 1900