Jennette
Jennette is a town in Crittenden and St. Francis counties, Arkansas, United States. The population was 118 at the 2020 census.
Meaning & Origin of Jennette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jennette is a town in Crittenden and St. Francis counties, Arkansas, United States. The population was 118 at the 2020 census.
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The Story of Jennette
American parents first put Jennette on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 80 Jennettes were born — ranking #1,504 that year. Jennette last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jennette
Jennette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Jennette's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #1,504. Use the chart and map above to compare Jennette'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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