Boys' name · since 1892
Jett
Since 1892, U.S. Social Security records show 26,465 babies named Jett, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #723 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #169 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26,465
- born since 1892
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jett currently ranks #169 among boys' names in America, with 26,465 babies recorded since 1892.
Social Security Administration records show Jett recorded 26,465 times among boys since 1892, holding rank #169 nationally today, ahead of 99% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #723 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #169 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 26,465 born since 1892
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jett ranks #723 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #169 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 26,465 born since 1892, peaking in the 2020s.
- #723 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #169 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26,465
- born since 1892
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jett's 26,465 recorded births place it above 98.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jett compares
26,465 Top 6% higher than 94% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jett's all-time total is 72x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jett | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 26,465 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 2,227 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jett splits its recorded history at 1990: 98% of all births land in the more recent half, 2% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1892 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 2,227 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jett popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 2,227
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Jett popularity over time - girls
673 total births recorded since 1957 (Jett as girls' name)
Jett by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10,621 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Jett's strongest decade.
10,621 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 82
1950s
82 births
- 1960s 64
1960s
64 births
- 1970s 36
1970s
36 births
- 1980s 170
1980s
170 births
- 1990s 725
1990s
725 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,313 births
- 2010s
2010s
10,405 births
- 2020s
2020s
10,621 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10,621 births (40% of all-time use).
How Jett compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jett's total volume
Jett by state
Where Jett concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,369 | 12.7% |
| #2 | California | | 2,568 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,201 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Utah | | 966 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 913 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 867 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 782 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 751 | 2.8% |
3,369 of 26,465 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Jett appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Jetts (3,369 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1892–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jett draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.