Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joanette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 367
- 0 boys · 367 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 337 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 56,480 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Joanette’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Joanette, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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