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Jet

#1,246 in 2025Boys' name

Short form of Henriëtte

Jet has been given to 3,485 babies in the U.S. since 1959. In 2025 it ranked #1,246 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 171 recorded.

Babies named Jet, 2025

1 in 20,700

Jet over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jet: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Henriëtte

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jet means

Jet is a short form of Henriëtte.

Origin, language, and formation

Jet is used in English and Dutch.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Henriëtte.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Jet is pronounced /jɛt/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,363 boys were recorded with the name Jet between 1959 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 171 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,139 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,314 in 2020 to #1,246 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,235 in 2015 to #1,246 in 2025.

In the United States, 122 girls were recorded with the name Jet between 1954 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2020; its best national rank was #6,127 in 1954.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jet?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 20,700
160 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,246
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,363 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jet sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,363 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jet. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jets were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jet was born before 2014 — so the typical Jet is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,363
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 43.1% of all recorded uses (1,451).

Is Jet rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+101
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+68
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−11
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
93.6%
Peak was 2019 (171)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,139
2019

Where Jet is used

Across 2016–2025, Jet was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 3,448 boys, against 1 in 13,594 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 50,000).

229 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 3,448
  2. 2Hawaii1 in 5,000
  3. 3Arizona1 in 6,667
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 7,143
  5. 5California1 in 7,692
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 9,091
  7. 7Texas1 in 10,000
  8. 8Washington1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Jet around the world

Where Jet ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jet by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,246
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 68
Best rank ever
#1,139
2019
Peak year
2019
171 that year
First recorded
1959
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,363
Count in 2025
160

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,127
1954
Peak year
2020
12 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
122
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jet

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jet

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jet, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DemariOskarPiersonYaseenViktorRayyanKorbynGianlucaZephaniahCormacPhineasKooper

Sibling names for Jet

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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