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Janette

OriginEnglish
Meaning"God is gracious"
GenderGirl
Also a boy's nameShow me Janette as a boy's name
US Rank#927

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About Janette

Variation of Jane

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#3,000#4,000'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#2,8616033.6
2015#3,1525329.7
2016#3,0795430.5
2017#3,4094626.6
2018#3,5824325.3
2019#4,1033520.9
2020#4,8092716.7
2021#3,8353923.8
2022#4,3203320.1
2023#3,7284125.6
2024#4,8042817.3
2025—00
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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Famous Janettes

  • Janette Howard

    wife of Australian PM John Howard

  • Janette Husárová

    Slovak tennis player

  • (Thora) Janette Scott

    English actress

  • Janette Barber

    American comedienne

  • Janette Beckman

    English photographer

  • Janette Carter

    American country music singer of The Carter Family

  • Janette Anne Dimech aka Jeanette

    Spanish pop singer

  • Janette L. Garin

    Filipina politician

  • Janette Geri

    Australian singer,songwriter

  • Janette Turner Hospital

    Australian,Canadian novelist

  • Janette Heather McBride

    Filipina,Australian actress

  • Janette Oke

    Canadian novelist

  • Janette Rallison

    American novelist

  • Stephanie Janette Block

    American actress

Janette in pop culture

  • Janette DuCharme

    a vampire on the TV show "Forever Knight"

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