Jettie

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
Given to girls 94.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1888 · 29 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,665
since 1880

Jettie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #458, 1888peak #872, 1895girlsboys
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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#10,1079
2024#13,4776
2023#11,1698
2022#13,5926
2021#13,4646
2020#15,0885
2019#13,7996
2018#13,7936
2017#15,9025
2016#14,3316
2015#10,14810
2014#16,5135
2013#16,5475
2012
2011
2010#16,9925
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001#13,5216
2000
1999
1998#14,1225
1997
1996
1995
1994#10,5697
1993
1992
1991#13,1475
1990#10,1937
1989#10,8476
1988
1987#11,3255
1986#7,1349
1985
1984#6,29110
1983#9,0156
1982#9,2376
1981
1980#10,3925
1979#5,42712#6,0565
1978#9,7505
1977#7,5677
1976#6,6118
1975#7,9846
1974#8,7755
1973
1972#6,5587
1971#7,3886
1970#6,3627
1969#5,9747
1968
1967#4,9828
1966#3,95911
1965#4,20210
1964#4,09611
1963#3,80112
1962#3,43814
1961#3,46014
1960#2,51223
1959#2,76018#2,8219
1958#2,86217
1957#3,03315
1956#2,24924
1955#2,41121#3,8865
1954#2,69517
1953#2,30121
1952#1,89228
1951#1,61135
1950#1,49538#2,7708
1949#2,21220
1948#1,42242
1947#1,37745
1946#1,31843#3,5255
1945#1,51429
1944#1,15346
1943#1,20645
1942#1,30038
1941#1,20639#3,1336
1940#1,09743#2,4789
1939#1,00949#3,1136
1938#1,01849
1937#95053#2,9057
1936#90157#3,5495
1935#91257#3,2526
1934#1,01946#2,9737
1933#99948#3,6425
1932#86964#2,8498
1931#85765
1930#92662#4,0015
1929#95157#3,9595
1928#95461#3,6976
1927#86373
1926#99057
1925#83779
1924#85377#3,2608
1923#77489
1922#80382#4,3075
1921#81381#2,9869
1920#79782#4,2865
1919#84368#3,7366
1918#711103#3,7286
1917#79775#2,9568
1916#84864#2,54310
1915#75277#2,45810
1914#69269
1913#72152#1,80310
1912#83336
1911#59451#1,5376
1910#67939
1909#66935
1908#76825
1907#60138
1906#57837
1905#57037
1904#53738
1903#53936
1902#61229
1901#60327
1900#54339
1899#53731
1898#58131
1897#53730
1896#57628
1895#48037#8727
1894#59724
1893#53527
1892#66619
1891#49727
1890#64217
1889#46828
1888#45829
1887#49920
1886#47621
1885#69510
1884#52016
1883#53613
1882#47515
1881#6238
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jettie was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jettie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 3,370 spots since 2024 (#13,477#10,107)
  • 4,981 spots since 2020 (#15,088#10,107)
  • 41 spots since 2015 (#10,148#10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 219 spots in 1886 (#695#476)
  • Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1912 (#594#833)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #458 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 73 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1933
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,159
  • Highest: 1 in 6,159 girls born in 1888 were named Jettie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.1% of all girls named Jettie (738) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s169#458 (1888)#533
1890s271#480 (1895)#565
1900s341#537 (1904)#602
1910s634#594 (1911)#747
1920s738#774 (1923)#864
1930s550#857 (1931)#946
1940s390#1,097 (1940)#1,381
1950s234#1,495 (1950)#2,331
1960s110#2,512 (1960)#4,047
1970s63#5,427 (1979)#7,380
1980s47#6,291 (1984)#9,177
1990s24#10,193 (1990)#12,008
2000s6#13,521 (2001)#13,521
2010s48#10,148 (2015)#14,753
2020s40#10,107 (2025)#12,816

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

Jettie in 1936

girls
#901
57 births · 1 in 18,252 girls
boys
#3,549
5 births · 1 in 207,441 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #901Jettie57

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #3,549Jettie5
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 18,252 of them was named Jettie, which outranked 81.4% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jettie
  1. #894Jeri58
  2. #894Romaine58
  3. #894Vergie58
  4. #901Jettie57
  5. #901Coral57
  6. #901Delilah57
  7. #901Golda57
  8. #909Arla56
  9. #909Carlotta56
  10. #909Corene56

Tied with 7 names at #901; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 3,238Shelba#3,742#504
  2. 662Shelby#840#178
  3. 600Wendy#1,418#818
  4. 588Deanna#1,356#768
  5. 546Shari#1,514#968
Fallers
  1. 1,028Norita#713#1,741
  2. 506Vernetta#974#1,480
  3. 461Ozella#984#1,445
  4. 400Shirleyann#896#1,296
  5. 342Idell#925#1,267

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

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 207,441 of them was named Jettie, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jettie
  1. #3,147Zachariah6
  2. #3,147Zebbie6
  3. #3,147Zeke6
  4. #3,549Jettie5
  5. #3,549Abdon5
  6. #3,549Adger5
  7. #3,549Adlai5

Tied with 488 names at #3,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936