Vonette

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Vonette has been given to 67 babies in the U.S. since 1948. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1973, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Vonette, 1975

1 in 431,000

Vonette over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vonette: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vonette means

Vonette is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Vonette is used in Norman.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 67 girls were recorded with the name Vonette between 1948 and 1975. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1973; its best national rank was #4,579 in 1973.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Vonette?

Vonette had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1975, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1975: 1 in 431,000; 7 of 3,019,126 births
Among girls only: 1 in 208,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1975: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 298,958 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vonette sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1975 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 298,958 children born in 1975 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vonette. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vonettes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vonette was born before 1971 — so the typical Vonette is around 54 today.

Median birth year: 1971; About 54 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 52.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 92.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 62; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 52.2% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Vonette rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1973 (13)
Years since peak: 52; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,579; 1973

Spellings of Vonette

Vonette is not the most common spelling — Annette is, with 45.9% against Vonette's 0.02%.

Annette45.9%169,296
Lynette11.8%43,392
Janette8.7%32,172
Colette7.6%27,987
Nanette4.6%16,894
Danette2.8%10,392
Josette1.8%6,659
Violette1.7%6,403

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Vonette around the world

Where Vonette ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1951–1951
#423
in 1951

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vonette by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,579; 1973
Peak year: 1973; 13 that year
First recorded: 1948
Last recorded: 1975
All-time count: 67
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Vonette

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Vonnette Dalette Vonciel Aidette Vylette Maitte Vonnetta Vondra Joliette Lianette Vonzella Lilette Vinette Vonnell Vonice Alette Tanette Vontella Vontrice Adalette Vondell Lezette Vonceil Devette

Sibling names for Vonette

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Melonie Carmelita Nicola Latonia Kesha Suzanna Jenni Latricia

For a brother

Demond Shon Erin Giuseppe Abdul Shelton Darrick Judd

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