How Many People Are Named Jett?
people named Jett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,741 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,138 babies named Jett in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,265 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word jet, which denotes either a jet aircraft or an intense black colour (the words derive from different sources).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jett, 2.5% were girls and 97.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jett alive today is about 10 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jett first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 2024, to 2,265 babies. In 2025, 2,203 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jett has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #161, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #169.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #169 |
| Best rank | #161 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #211 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jett were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,366 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jett was given 3.1 times as often in North Dakota, 3 times in Oklahoma and 3 times in Utah.
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