Janetta
Janetta is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Janetta Rebold Benton, American art historian Janetta Douglas, née Smith, MBE, Papua New Guinean charity worker Janetta Gillespie (1876–1956), Scottish artist Janetta Johnson, African-American transgender rights activist Janetta McStay CBE (1917–2012), New Zealand concert pianist and music professor Lavinia Janetta Horton de Serres…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Janetta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Janetta is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Janetta Rebold Benton, American art historian Janetta Douglas, née Smith, MBE, Papua New Guinean charity worker Janetta Gillespie (1876–1956), Scottish artist Janetta Johnson, African-American transgender rights activist Janetta McStay CBE (1917–2012), New Zealand concert pianist and music professor Lavinia Janetta Horton de Serres…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Janetta
The earliest SSA record of Janetta as a baby girl name dates back to 1895, when 5 babies received it. 1954 was its biggest year on record, with 70 newborns named Janetta — #1,197 in the national rankings. Janetta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Janetta
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About the name Janetta
Janetta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1895 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Janetta's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #1,197. Use the chart and map above to compare Janetta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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