Boys' name · peaked in 2024
Jett name popularity since 1925
27,120 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jett (2.5% girls, 97.5% boys). Half of them were born in 2017 or earlier, so the typical Jett is about 9 years old in 2026. Jett peaked in 2024 as the #161 name for boys, and it ranked #169 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,120
- Named Jett, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #169
- for boys in 2025 (2,167 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 97.5% boys
- 673 girls · 26,447 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.47× its national share
Peak year is the year Jett made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jett births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Jett both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1997 and 2002, Jett became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 18,700 baby boys to 1 in 5,800.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jett's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jett.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jett in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 11 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 15 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 5 | 82 | #4,123 |
| 1960s | 0 | 64 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 36 | #5,097 |
| 1980s | 0 | 170 | #2,256 |
| 1990s | 42 | 725 | #1,612 |
| 2000s | 123 | 4,313 | #506 |
| 2010s | 276 | 10,405 | #329 |
| 2020–25 | 227 | 10,621 | #169 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
69.3% of babies named Jett from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Jett is most popular
The index compares Jett's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jett.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.47× | 966 |
| Idaho | 3.33× | 336 |
| Oklahoma | 2.76× | 913 |
| Arizona | 2.38× | 782 |
| Nebraska | 2.13× | 379 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jett and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jett (this page) | 26,447 | 2024 |
| Jet | 3,363 | 2019 |
| Jhett | 1,689 | 2018 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jett's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jett.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jett (2024).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data