Unisex name · since 1917
Jetty
Jetty has 261 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1940 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,074 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 1917
- 1930s
- peak decade
261 babies have been named Jetty since 1917, making it today's #15074 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Jetty recorded 261 times among girls since 1917, holding rank #15074 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #17,174 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,074 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 261 born since 1917
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jetty ranks #17,174 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,074 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 261 born since 1917, peaking in the 1930s.
- #17,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,074 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 1917
- 1930s
- peak decade
Jetty's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jetty compares
261 42nd 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
Jetty's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jetty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 261 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jetty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jetty splits its recorded history at 1940: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1940 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jetty popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1940)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Jetty popularity over time - boys
24 total births recorded since 1929 (Jetty as boys' name)
Jetty by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (78 births, 30% of the file).
1930s was Jetty's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Jetty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
50 births
- 1930s
1930s
78 births
- 1940s
1940s
67 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 78 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jetty's data
- Jetty's decade-level peak was the 1930s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Jetty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1940)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Jetty 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.