How Many People Are Named Jenette?
An estimated 1,397 people in the United States have the first name Jenette. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 51 years old, and Jenette peaked in popularity in 1982 with 55 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Jenette as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Jenette paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,397
About 1 in 245,350 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
51
years old
Peak Year
1982
55 births
Total Registered
1,934
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Jenette
Jenette is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,934 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Jenette as a female name
Ranked #16,986 in 2017
5 female births in 2017
Peak: 1982 (55 births)
Jenette: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Jenette span from the 1890s to the 2010s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 392 babies were registered. Jenette has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Jenette by Decade
How has Jenette tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Jenette by State
Birth registrations for Jenette span all 9 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio. On average, about 32 Jenettes were registered per state.
Jenette + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Jenette as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Jenette
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Jenette: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jenette?
We estimate approximately 1,397 people named Jenette are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 245,350 Americans share this first name.
Is Jenette a common name?
Jenette is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,934 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Jenette most popular?
Jenette reached peak popularity in 1982, when 55 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Jenette is approximately 51 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Jenette a female name?
Jenette is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Jenette Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Jenette Smith, Jenette Johnson, Jenette Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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