Jeanette comes from the Hebrew / French tradition, meaning God is gracious, God's gift.
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How popular is Jeanette?
1939peak year
Today, Jeanette is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2473), with only about 74 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1939, 2,893 babies were given the name (ranked #82 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1930s. Jeanette's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 163,902 babies have been registered as Jeanette since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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