Jet
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #8,486 · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 171 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,363since 1959
Jet over time
Rank among boys' names. Jet has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,244 | 160 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,344 | 142 | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #1,315 | 145 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #1,217 | 162 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #1,225 | 157 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #1,313 | 137 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #1,136 | 171 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #1,255 | 147 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #1,348 | 132 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #1,248 | 148 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #1,231 | 148 |
| 2014 | — | #1,272 | 140 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,250 | 141 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,195 | 150 |
| 2011 | — | #1,229 | 142 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #1,299 | 132 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #1,409 | 120 |
| 2008 | — | #1,389 | 122 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,593 | 98 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,519 | 99 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,296 | 118 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,748 | 72 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #2,031 | 56 |
| 2002 | — | #1,998 | 55 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,777 | 63 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,875 | 56 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,031 | 27 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,782 | 29 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
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| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
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| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jet! It came in at #3,988, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1974, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jet is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#428 · 1 in 1,778
- Utah#560 · 1 in 2,743
- California#746 · 1 in 5,570
- Arizona#806 · 1 in 5,437
- Missouri#856 · 1 in 5,709
Best ever in a state: #146 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #428 | 5 | 1 in 1,778 |
| Utah | #560 | 7 | 1 in 2,743 |
| California | #746 | 34 | 1 in 5,570 |
| Arizona | #806 | 6 | 1 in 5,437 |
| Missouri | #856 | 5 | 1 in 5,709 |
| Michigan | #895 | 7 | 1 in 6,138 |
| Florida | #920 | 14 | 1 in 6,626 |
| Illinois | #1,146 | 6 | 1 in 8,984 |
| Georgia | #1,158 | 6 | 1 in 8,395 |
| North Carolina | #1,265 | 5 | 1 in 10,207 |
| Texas | #1,295 | 14 | 1 in 12,223 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jet
- 100 spots since 2024 (#1,344 → #1,244)
- 69 spots since 2020 (#1,313 → #1,244)
- 13 spots since 2015 (#1,231 → #1,244)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2019 at #1,136 (171 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,492 boys born in 2019 were named Jet (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 43.1% of all boys named Jet (1,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,988 (1959) | #3,988 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,652 (1961) | #3,845 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,797 (1975) | #5,332 |
| 1980s | 16 | #6,089 (1987) | #6,793 |
| 1990s | 101 | #2,782 (1998) | #4,534 |
| 2000s | 859 | #1,296 (2005) | #1,664 |
| 2010s | 1,451 | #1,136 (2019) | #1,246 |
| 2020s | 903 | #1,217 (2022) | #1,276 |
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.
Jet in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 182,318 of them was named Jet, which outranked 41.8% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,562Zyelle10
- #9,562Zylee10
- #9,562Zylie10
- #10,292Jet9
- #10,292Aalaysia9
- #10,292Aaleah9
- #10,292Aalyiah9
- #11,146Aadhyareddy8
- #11,146Aadriti8
- #11,146Aafiya8
Tied with 853 names at #10,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,143 of them was named Jet, which outranked 91.3% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,218Rami158
- #1,218Seamus158
- #1,218Waylen158
- #1,225Jet157
- #1,225Ansel157
- #1,225Aubrey157
- #1,225Benton157
- #1,230Denim156
- #1,230Isael156
- #1,230Javion156
Tied with 4 names at #1,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.