Janet
Janet around the world
One shared root links 47 names across 10 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Yochanan "God is gracious", carried through Greek Ioannes and Latin Iohannes into nearly every European language
The constellation
37 more branches of this family
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Janet peaked in the 1940s.
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Popularity in Brazil
913 people · the #8,805 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 60
Among people named Janet living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Janet
Most people given the name Janet in the United States were born between 1940 and 1969. The Janet you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Janet deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Janet truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Janet fits with your family’s names and surname.
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