girl's name
Janeth
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 4,792
Janeth is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 32 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2003, when 175 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 103,605 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1915.
Janeth over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 |
| 1920s | 113 |
| 1930s | 141 |
| 1940s | 235 |
| 1950s | 157 |
| 1960s | 93 |
| 1970s | 109 |
| 1980s | 285 |
| 1990s | 990 |
| 2000s | 1,513 |
| 2010s | 816 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 317 |
How popular is Janeth?
In 2025, Janeth was given to 32 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Janeth
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Janeth also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Janeth over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Janeth
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Janeth — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Janeth
How popular is the name Janeth?
In 2025, Janeth was given to 32 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Janeth a girl's or a boy's name?
Janeth is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Janeth most popular?
Janeth peaked in 2003, when 175 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Janeth a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Janeth currently ranks #4,364 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.