Girls' name · since 1933
Jette
156 babies named Jette in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 156
- born since 1933
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jette is the #11044 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 156 recorded since 1933.
Social Security Administration records show Jette recorded 156 times among girls since 1933, holding rank #11044 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 2025.
- #22,359 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,044 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 156 born since 1933
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jette ranks #22,359 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,044 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 156 born since 1933, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 156
- born since 1933
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jette's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Jette compares
156 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Jette's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 156 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jette's full recorded timeline at 2015, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jette popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Jette popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2010 (Jette as boys' name)
Jette by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (58 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Jette's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 58 births (37% of all-time use).
Jette by state
Where Jette concentrates geographically, total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 156 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jette's data
- Jette's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Jettes (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~92 yrs)
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, 1933–2025 (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 Jette 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.