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Jet

Boy

Meaning of Jet: English: 'black gemstone'

Jet is a boy's name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1253rd most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 2263rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1253

160 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2263

10 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

3,485

First recorded 1954 · peak 2019

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 5 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 6 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 5 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 7 babies1993: 8 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 13 babies1997: 17 babies1998: 29 babies1999: 27 babies2000: 56 babies20002001: 63 babies2002: 55 babies2003: 61 babies2004: 77 babies2005: 124 babies2006: 99 babies2007: 98 babies2008: 122 babies2009: 130 babies2010: 139 babies20102011: 142 babies2012: 155 babies2013: 141 babies2014: 140 babies2015: 155 babies2016: 155 babies2017: 139 babies2018: 156 babies2019: 177 babies2020: 149 babies20202021: 166 babies2022: 167 babies2023: 157 babies2024: 142 babies2025: 160 babies
US babies named Jet per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 177.

Gender split

97% boys · 3% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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