Jett

Where Jett comes from

The dictionaries list Jett as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1953
    Jett Williams born
    American singer
  3. 2003
    Jett Howard born
    American basketball player
  4. 2024
    Peak, #161
    2,227 babies named Jett — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Jett Howard · American basketball player, born 2003
  • Jett Williams · American singer, born 1953
  • Jett Klyne · Canadian actor, born 2009
  • Jett Bandy · American baseball player, born 1990
  • Jett Pangan · Filipino actor, born 1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.