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Janet
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1943 · #994
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:74 in 2024 (#2,440)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Janet in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1943 with 46 babies, ranked #994.
- It first shows up in the records in 1917.
- 1,515 boys have been named Janet since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Janet per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 39 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 525 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 557 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 209 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 185 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Jane + -et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century. Doublet of Jeanette, Jeannette, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Janet, CC BY-SA 4.0.