NameTides

Jet

Jet was the #1,244 boys' name in the US in 2025 (160 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #1,718 in Canada.

Jet as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jet as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jet as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,244 (160)#2,664 (8)#1,718 (12)
2024#1,344 (142)#2,264 (10)#1,432 (15)
2023#1,315 (145)#2,547 (8)#1,687 (11)
2022#1,217 (162)#4,002 (4)#1,483 (13)
2021#1,225 (157)#3,990 (4)#1,761 (10)
2020#1,313 (137)#3,848 (4)#2,013 (8)
2019#1,136 (171)—#1,737 (10)
2018#1,255 (147)#2,445 (8)#1,572 (11)
2017#1,348 (132)#2,734 (7)#1,852 (9)
2016#1,248 (148)#1,704 (14)#971 (23)
2015#1,231 (148)#1,902 (12)#1,204 (16)
2014#1,272 (140)#2,964 (6)#1,657 (10)
2013#1,250 (141)#2,660 (7)#1,210 (16)
2012#1,195 (150)#1,852 (12)#1,781 (9)
2011#1,229 (142)#1,909 (11)#1,211 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #1,136.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.
  • In 2023, 8% of US babies named Jet were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jet is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jet by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Jet (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JetCanadaBoys#1,71812
JetEngland & WalesGirls—too few
JetEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
JetNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JetUSGirls—too few
JetUSBoys#1,244160