Yanette
Yanette Delétang-Tardif was a French poet, translator into French of Spanish and German works, painter and illustrator. She was a very productive and reputed author of poetry, however she appeared sometimes as a restricted poet.
Meaning & Origin of Yanette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yanette Delétang-Tardif was a French poet, translator into French of Spanish and German works, painter and illustrator. She was a very productive and reputed author of poetry, however she appeared sometimes as a restricted poet.
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The Story of Yanette
Yanette first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 16 Yanettes were born — ranking #7,138 that year. As of 2026, Yanette ranks #16,544 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 277 Yanettes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yanette
Yanette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 277 births in the dataset. Yanette's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #7,138. Use the chart and map above to compare Yanette'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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