Jeanette

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jeanette: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jeanette: Recorded since 1949, it reached #23 in 1986, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
130times a registrar ranked it
76years from first to last
#23highest recorded position
29groupings it qualifies for
28names it appears alongside

What stands out in Jeanette's record

Shares a published list with another name across 59 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#3824
1998	#2407
1999	#3900
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#2868
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2007	#5201
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2018	#5666
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 59 of the 66 years from 1949 to 2014.

In 2011: #541 among girls in Norway, #4049 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1949–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1949
First recorded at #342 among girls in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1949–2014
Highest recorded position: #23 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1949–2014).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Jeanette appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1949, and has registered 3,993 births with the name.

Jeanette across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jeanette's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#342 (1949)	#23 (1986)	#522 (2014)	59 of 66	3,993 (1949–2014)	247 (1986)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1914 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	19 of 29	81 (1996–2024)	8 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#162 (1964)	#162 (1964)	#338 (1992)	29 of 29	360 (1964–1992)	28 (1971)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#57 (1952)	#53 (1956)	#86 (1963)	12 of 12	1,432 (1952–1963)	166 (1956)
New Zealand · Girls	#67 (1954)	#63 (1955)	#90 (1965)	11 of 12	900 (1954–1965)	101 (1955)

Jeanette by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jeanette in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	6	1 of 10	6
1950s	43	5 of 10	9
1960s	300	10 of 10	30
1970s	1,047	10 of 10	105
1980sbusiest	1,757	10 of 10	176
1990s	718	10 of 10	72
2000s	107	10 of 10	11
2010s	15	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 176 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1985 and 1986, when recorded births rose by 62, from 185 to 247.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jeanette appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1949 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #23 in Norway in 1986.

Jeanette's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New Zealand	female	#90	71	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#92	76	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#96	72	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#99	76	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#87	85	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#85	81	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#76	87	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#89	73	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#68	89	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#63	101	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#67	89	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#522	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#541	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#560	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#515	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#428	9	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#563	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#327	13	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#423	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#257	17	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#308	13	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#225	22	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#168	35	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#168	36	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#168	37	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#156	42	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#115	69	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#111	69	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#96	91	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#77	107	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#69	117	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#73	115	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#52	159	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#46	184	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#29	227	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#23	247	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#37	185	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#32	199	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#46	144	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#43	156	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#54	138	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#63	118	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#57	130	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#51	136	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#74	103	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#70	113	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#71	112	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#72	109	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#73	100	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#74	107	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#97	79	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#113	58	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#115	60	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#103	63	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#133	38	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#154	31	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#176	24	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#210	19	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#167	26	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#223	17	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#353	8	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#246	14	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#328	8	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#423	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#342	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	10	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	15	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	14	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	18	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	10	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	12	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	18	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	11	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	28	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	17	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	11	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	22	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	17	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	15	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	23	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1949 and 2024, ranked in 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #23, first reached in 1986.

It held a top-100 place in 37 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 247 births, registered in Norway in 1986.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1952, and 47 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jean · #61, 73y
Jeanett · #113, 37y
Jeanie · #2253, 26y
Jeanne · #284, 47y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Denise · #22, 73y
Derek · #22, 72y
Janice · #22, 73y
Therese · #21, 72y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Elise · #23, 81y
Laila · #23, 81y
Live · #23, 80y
Pål · #23, 81y

Comparisons involving Jeanette

Existing comparison pages where Jeanette and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Jeanette in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Elise vs Jeanette
Over 59 shared years in Norway · Girls, Elise rose about as far as Jeanette fell — from #187 and #342 in 1949 to #33 and #522 in 2014.
Elise · Jeanette · 59 shared years, 1949–2014 · Mirrored each other
See the 2014 Norway ranking
Ellinor vs Jeanette
Over 59 shared years in Norway · Girls, Ellinor rose about as far as Jeanette fell — from #130 and #342 in 1949 to #63 and #522 in 2014.
Ellinor · Jeanette · 59 shared years, 1949–2014 · Mirrored each other
See the 2014 Norway ranking
Hanna vs Jeanette
Over 59 shared years in Norway · Girls, Hanna rose about as far as Jeanette fell — from #172 and #342 in 1949 to #37 and #522 in 2014.
Hanna · Jeanette · 59 shared years, 1949–2014 · Mirrored each other
See the 2014 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Jeanette measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Jeanette at its highest position.

Ingrid vs Jeanette
Over 59 shared years in Norway · Girls, Ingrid rose about as far as Jeanette fell — from #27 and #342 in 1949 to #7 and #522 in 2014.
Ingrid · Jeanette · 59 shared years, 1949–2014 · Mirrored each other
See the 2014 Norway ranking
Jenny vs Jeanette
Over 59 shared years in Norway · Girls, Jenny rose about as far as Jeanette fell — from #147 and #342 in 1949 to #20 and #522 in 2014.
Jenny · Jeanette · 59 shared years, 1949–2014 · Mirrored each other
See the 2014 Norway ranking
Lena vs Jeanette
Over 59 shared years in Norway · Girls, Lena rose about as far as Jeanette fell — from #289 and #342 in 1949 to #85 and #522 in 2014.
Lena · Jeanette · 59 shared years, 1949–2014 · Mirrored each other
See the 2014 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Jeanette was ranked #23 in Norway · Girls in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jeanette and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jeanette without appearing here.

Jeanette moved ahead of

Finn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #5730.
Florence Compare
In 1991 they stood at #457 and #457 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #338 and #523.
Olive Compare
In 1991 they stood at #457 and #423 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #338 and #523.
Susan Compare
In 1964 they stood at #210 and #196 in Norway · Girls; by 1965 that had become #176 and #319.

Moved ahead of Jeanette

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1977.
Cameron Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #983.
Kai Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3285.
Malin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4764 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3681.

Moved the opposite way to Jeanette

Anna Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Jeanette went from #342 to #522 while Anna went from #49 to #4.
Camilla Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Jeanette went from #342 to #522 while Camilla went from #362 to #164.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Jeanette went from #342 to #522 while Charlotte went from #381 to #104.
Elise Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Jeanette went from #342 to #522 while Elise went from #187 to #33.

Moved the same way as Jeanette

Anette Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Jeanette went from #342 to #522 and Anette from #332 to #545.
Annie Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Jeanette went from #342 to #522 and Annie from #151 to #391.
Åse Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Jeanette went from #342 to #522 and Åse from #24 to #543.
Astrid Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Jeanette went from #342 to #522 and Astrid from #12 to #50.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1949 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #23 in Norway in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jeanette

Jeanette at a glance

What stands out in Jeanette's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jeanette across 5 official records

Jeanette by decade in Norway · Girls

Jeanette appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Jeanette

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Jeanette

Jeanette and the names beside it

Jeanette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jeanette

Moved the opposite way to Jeanette

Moved the same way as Jeanette

Jeanette at a glance

What stands out in Jeanette's record

Jeanette across 5 official records

Jeanette by decade in Norway · Girls

Jeanette appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Jeanette

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Jeanette

Jeanette and the names beside it

Jeanette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jeanette

Moved the opposite way to Jeanette

Moved the same way as Jeanette