How Many People Are Named Jet?

3,445

people named Jet are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 99,211 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,485 babies named Jet in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,716

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,768

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Peak Year

2019

177 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Dutch
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Short form of HENRIËTTE or MARIËTTE.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
3.5%
Male
96.5%

Of the babies given the name Jet, 3.5% were girls and 96.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jet alive today is about 12 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.

Under 30 3,379
98.1%
30 to 59 45
1.3%
60 and over 20
0.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jet first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2019, to 177 babies. In 2025, 160 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jet has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,139, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #1,246.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,246
Best rank#1,139 (2019)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,241 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jet alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jet were born in California than in any other state: about 600 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jet was given 4.4 times as often in Utah, 2.5 times in California and 2 times in Arizona.

California 600
Texas 393
Florida 152
Utah 102
Arizona 80
Washington 77
Oklahoma 49
Georgia 43
Illinois 40
New York 35
Minnesota 32
North Carolina 23
Missouri 23
Pennsylvania 18
Michigan 17
Colorado 17
Oregon 15
Nevada 12
Indiana 11
Arkansas 10
Virginia 10
Ohio 9
New Jersey 7
Hawaii 7
Idaho 5
Kansas 5
Nebraska 5
Louisiana 5
Kentucky 5
Alabama 5

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