Jettie — #13437 US unisex name
3,656 babies named Jettie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 24% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Jettie was born in this single decade.
103 babies were named Jettie in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jettie
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,656 babies named Jettie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jettie currently holds the #13437 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 103 babies received it in a single year. Jettie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 197 additional births since 1895.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jettie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 738 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jettie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 303 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jettie in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jettie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,656 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jettie at a glance
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Jettie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 103
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #13437 among girls.
3,656 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 103 births in a single year.
Jettie popularity over time — boys
197 total births recorded since 1895 (Jettie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jettie accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jettie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 738 births that decade — 20% of Jettie's all-time total
Jettie decade highlights
- Peak decade 738 births
- Runner-up 634 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Jettie's strongest decade
738 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Jettie by state
Where Jettie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 303 | 8.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 256 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 244 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 173 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 98 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 84 | 2.3% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 80 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 69 | 1.9% |
303 of 3,656 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 8.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 7.0% of nationwide
- Texas 6.7% of nationwide
- Mississippi 4.7% of nationwide
- Arkansas 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jettie appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.