Jhett — #1657 US boys' name
1,592 babies named Jhett in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Jhett was born in this single decade.
129 babies were named Jhett in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jhett
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,592 babies named Jhett between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jhett currently holds the #1657 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 129 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jhett performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 785 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jhett shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 218 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Jhett in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jhett 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 1,592 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.
Jhett at a glance
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Current rank
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Jhett popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2018)
- 129
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #1657 among boys.
1,592 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 129 births in a single year.
Jhett popularity over time — girls
22 total births recorded since 2015 (Jhett as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jhett accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jhett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 785 births that decade — 49% of Jhett's all-time total
Jhett decade highlights
- Peak decade 785 births
- Runner-up 537 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jhett's strongest decade
785 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Jhett by state
Where Jhett concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 218 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 42 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 36 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 35 | 2.2% |
| #5 | California | | 27 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Kansas | | 27 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 25 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 25 | 1.6% |
218 of 1,592 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.2% of nationwide
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jhett appears in 21 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, 1994–2024 (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.