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Girl name

Yanette

100% girls · last recorded 2013

Yanette has been given to about 277 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2005, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 271
Median age today33 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Yanette per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2005 · 16
  • Born in 20250
  • All time277

How popular is Yanette?

Its best year was 2005, when 16 babies were given the name, ranking 7482nd. The typical living American called Yanette is about 33 years old today.

Names that sound like Yanette

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Janette0.88
  2. Nanette0.88
  3. Danette0.88
  4. Annette0.85
  5. Lanette0.88
  6. Nannette0.86
  7. Jannette0.86
  8. Jeanette0.76

Middle names for Yanette

Ranked by flow score
  1. Yanette Rose0.87
  2. Yanette Marie0.87
  3. Yanette Grace0.87
  4. Yanette Jane0.87
  5. Yanette Louise0.87
  6. Yanette June0.86

Sibling names for Yanette

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Aracelisister · 0.67
  2. Sashasister · 0.67
  3. Alvarobrother · 0.67
  4. Laceysister · 0.66
  5. Dariusbrother · 0.66
  6. Nathanaelbrother · 0.65

Where Yanette is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Yanette Nguyen0.82
    2. Yanette Moore0.82
    3. Yanette Hill0.82
    4. Yanette Hall0.82
    5. Yanette Brown0.82
    6. Yanette Wright0.79

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Yanette

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.