Jett

#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #169 for boys in 2025, 2,167 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 2,227 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
26,465
since 1892

Jett over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jett has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,97536#1692,167
2024#3,89238#1612,227
2023#3,70941#2061,787
2022#3,82739#2111,776
2021#3,43545#2461,451
2020#4,64828#2781,213
2019#4,65329#2861,203
2018#4,56230#3041,134
2017#4,69529#3011,172
2016#4,42332#3141,117
2015#3,53344#3291,049
2014#4,76829#3321,023
2013#4,88728#3251,017
2012#4,95728#345891
2011#9,15012#331927
2010#7,88015#352872
2009#7,34117#387783
2008#10,08411#534499
2007#9,53912#536479
2006#6,12521#536471
2005#10,12810#506486
2004#9,89210#603354
2003#10,4259#620334
2002#10,2469#603335
2001#7,31714#643290
2000#9,16310#643282
1999#11,3857#796193
1998#1,068123
1997#9,8028#1,182101
1996#9,5818#1,27886
1995#1,60357
1994#10,5697#1,97742
1993#10,5887#1,69951
1992#13,3175#2,83424
1991#2,54427
1990#2,95221
1989#2,35928
1988#2,50923
1987#2,46822
1986#2,68419
1985#2,22624
1984#2,70617
1983#3,07114
1982#3,69211
1981#6,2625
1980#4,9407
1979
1978#3,40011
1977#5,1236
1976#4,4187
1975#4,7976
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1972#4,4416
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1967#3,5596
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1964#2,8549
1963#2,41412
1962#2,11715
1961#2,9009
1960#2,31513
1959#2,03316
1958#2,02616
1957#6,0865#1,63424
1956#2,16814
1955#3,8865
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1953#3,1437
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1949#3,6905
1948#3,6685
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1940#3,4595
1939#3,4805
1938#3,1756
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1928#4,1515
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1916#3,1777
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1914#2,9156
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1892#1,0665
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five boys were named Jett! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 8 spots since 2024 (#161#169)
  • 109 spots since 2020 (#278#169)
  • 160 spots since 2015 (#329#169)
  • Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1999 (#1,068#796)
  • Biggest drop: 30 spots in 2006 (#506#536)
Rise & fade · boys
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 2024 at #161 (2,227 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 774
  • Highest: 1 in 774 boys born in 2024 were named Jett (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 788 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 40.1% of all boys named Jett (10,621) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,066 (1892)#1,066
1900s0
1910s13#2,915 (1914)#3,046
1920s5#4,151 (1928)#4,151
1930s11#3,175 (1938)#3,328
1940s15#3,459 (1940)#3,606
1950s82#1,634 (1957)#2,482
1960s64#2,117 (1962)#2,693
1970s36#3,400 (1978)#4,436
1980s170#2,226 (1985)#3,292
1990s725#796 (1999)#1,793
2000s4,313#387 (2009)#561
2010s10,405#286 (2019)#322
2020s10,621#161 (2024)#212

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jett in 1997

girls
#9,802
8 births · 1 in 217,589 girls
boys
#1,182
101 births · 1 in 18,665 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #9,802Jett8

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,182Jett101
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 217,589 of them was named Jett, which outranked 39.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jett
  1. #9,017Zeana9
  2. #9,017Zitlaly9
  3. #9,017Zuleyka9
  4. #9,802Jett8
  5. #9,802Aaliayah8
  6. #9,802Aamina8
  7. #9,802Aaren8
  8. #10,836Aaisha7
  9. #10,836Aaleah7
  10. #10,836Aaleigha7

Tied with 1,033 names at #9,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 18,665 of them was named Jett, which outranked 89.1% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jett
  1. #1,179Alexzander102
  2. #1,179Demetri102
  3. #1,179Shyheim102
  4. #1,182Jett101
  5. #1,182Chace101
  6. #1,182Kendell101
  7. #1,182Luther101
  8. #1,190Blaze100
  9. #1,190Cayden100
  10. #1,190Claudio100

Tied with 7 names at #1,182; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997