Jett
Feminine · “the black stone jet”
Jett is given to boys far more often — 26,465 boys against 673 girls since 1880. See Jett as a boy name
Jet is a black stone — fossilized wood, not a mineral — and it is named for a town in Lycia where the Romans got it.
How old is the name Jett?
Jett first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Jett is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Jett are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jett most popular?
Jett peaked in 2021, reaching #3435 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 540 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From gagates to Jett
The story of Jett
Whitby jet was worked from the Bronze Age and became a Victorian industry when the queen wore it in mourning; the town's cliffs are full of the fossilized wood it comes from. The word gave English jet-black. The aircraft engine is a separate word entirely, from a French verb meaning to throw. As a given name Jett is recent, American, and used for both sexes.
Meaning
the black stone jet
From Old French jaiet, from Latin gagates, the stone of Gagas, a town and river in Lycia; the material is fossilized monkey-puzzle wood, and Whitby in Yorkshire was the great European source of it.
How the name formed
- gagates
- jaiet
- jet
- Jett
Related forms: Jet · Jais
Pronouncing Jett
JET
One syllable. Jett and Jet are said identically.
Nicknames for Jett
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 202145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3435reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −5.3%36 in 2025, from 38
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jett in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jet in English — spelling variant
- Jais in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Jetts among us
people named Jett are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Jett
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dawnya test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jett's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dawnya climbed just as high around 1970, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dawnya's path sketches the road Jett is walking now.
Jett sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jett is headed
Jett should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jett beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jett in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely surprising origin — fossil wood, not stone.
- Four letters and one syllable — as short as a name gets.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- The aircraft sense is the first association and is a separate word.
- It is used for both sexes and more often for boys, so forms may guess wrong.
- A one-syllable name gives no room for a nickname.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Jett to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Jett? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Jett
Feminine · #3975 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jetts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Jett are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jett in 2025?
- Jett ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jett?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Jett — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jett with classmates?
- Jett will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jett
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Rubie#3975 · Bradley#3975 · Jodi#3975 · An#3975 · Ilianna#3975 · Saja#3975 · Ansleigh#3975 · Dorcas#3975
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Jett? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Jett and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle