Girl
Jeannette
As a girl's name, Jeannette traces back to French, where it is understood to mean "French diminutive of Jean/Jane". It has not kept pace since its 1920s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. The registry counts around 67,120 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
FrenchFrench diminutive of Jean/Jane
EtymologyMeaning "God is gracious"
Births by decade
1900s
2,111
1910s
7,719
1920s
9,992
1930s
9,820
1940s
9,646
1950s
8,865
1960s
7,574
1970s
5,196
1980s
3,706
1990s
1,648
2000s
547
2010s
296
Peaked in the 1920s · 67,120 total U.S. births since 1900