Jeton

Boys' name

Life + our

Jeton has been given to 35 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2011, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Jeton, 2015

1 in 740,000

Jeton over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jeton: meaning, origin, and history

Life + our

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jeton means

Jeton means “life + our”, associated with jetë and jonë.

Origin, language, and formation

Jeton is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 35 boys were recorded with the name Jeton between 2001 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2011; its best national rank was #9,141 in 2011.

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 Jeton?

Jeton had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among boys only: 1 in 383,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jeton 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 2015 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jeton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jetons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jeton was born before 2005 — so the typical Jeton is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 62.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 35; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 62.9% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Jeton 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2011 (8)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 8.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,141; 2011

Spellings of Jeton

Jeton is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 48.8% against Jeton's <0.01%.

Jason48.8%1,052,030
Leon8.5%182,638
Jon7.8%168,142
Jaxon5.3%113,651
Weston3.5%75,907
Devon3.4%72,673
Peyton2.4%52,383
Alton2.2%47,457

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jeton around the world

Where Jeton 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
2002–2002
#3,225
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Jeton by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,141; 2011
Peak year: 2011; 8 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 35
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jeton

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

Jetton Jetsyn Jetsen Jetli Jetziel Jetty Jettsyn Hatton Reston Ripton Deaton Ruxton Laton Olton Katon Jetsan Seton Kampton Kyton Baxton Buxton Jettsen Jaton Campton

Sibling names for Jeton

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

For a sister

Elin Lilyanna Samiyah Adelle Kamille Kyndall Lillianna Leigha

For a brother

Amare Semaj Giovani Xzavier Rylee Konnor Landry Giovanny

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