Jet Boy
How popular is Jet?
#1,244 boy name in 2025
160 baby boys were named Jet in the US in 2025, making it the 1244th most popular boy name.
Jet popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,244 for boys (▲ 100 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 160 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,231 in 2015, #1,313 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (171 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,136 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 96% boys, 4% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jet counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jett family of names ranked #171 for boys in 2025 (#169 the year before), with 2,327 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jett | 2,167 | 93% |
| Jet | 160 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jet is most popular
Babies named Jet per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 0.5 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (134 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Jet by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,987 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,651 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,795 |
| 1980s | 16 | #6,083 |
| 1990s | 101 | #2,779 |
| 2000s | 859 | #1,295 |
| 2010s | 1,451 | #1,136 |
| 2020s | 903 | #1,217 |
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Questions
- Is Jet a boy or girl name?
- Jet is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Jet were boys.
- How popular is the name Jet?
- 160 baby boys were named Jet in the US in 2025, making it the 1244th most popular boy name.
- When was Jet most popular?
- Jet peaked in 2019, when 171 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,136 in 2019.
- How many people are named Jet?
- 3,485 babies have been named Jet in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,449 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Jet most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jet was most common in Hawaii, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.