Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jett yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Jett is up 117% across the decade and set both records in 2024, on 2,222 births alongside rank 161. The record opens in 1892, skips the 1900s entirely, and reaches 24,923 births. No namesakes are listed. The name reads as a modern coinage but is not quite one — it exists as a surname, and Joan Jett has carried it publicly since the late 1970s without appearing in this file. What separates Jett from Legend and Stetson, its neighbours in the invented-Americana category, is that it also functions as a plausible short form, which gives it a flexibility the others lack. Single-syllable boys' names ending in a hard consonant have been among the most reliable performers of the past fifteen years.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 5 | #1,163 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,084 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,343 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,443 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,348 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,725 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,701 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,924 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,959 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,260 |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,124 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,212 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,655 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,065 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,068 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,999 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,146 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,957 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,753 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,701 |
| 1975 | 6 | #5,097 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,651 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,455 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,497 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,202 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,746 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,805 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,147 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,753 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,256 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,728 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,513 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,554 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,384 |
| 1990 | 21 | #3,007 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,574 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,878 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,708 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,997 |
| 1995 | 57 | #1,612 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,283 |
| 1997 | 101 | #1,183 |
| 1998 | 123 | #1,068 |
| 1999 | 193 | #796 |
| 2000 | 282 | #644 |
| 2001 | 290 | #645 |
| 2002 | 335 | #603 |
| 2003 | 334 | #621 |
| 2004 | 354 | #603 |
| 2005 | 486 | #506 |
| 2006 | 471 | #536 |
| 2007 | 479 | #537 |
| 2008 | 499 | #534 |
| 2009 | 783 | #387 |
| 2010 | 872 | #351 |
| 2011 | 927 | #331 |
| 2012 | 891 | #345 |
| 2013 | 1,017 | #325 |
| 2014 | 1,023 | #332 |
| 2015 | 1,049 | #329 |
| 2016 | 1,116 | #314 |
| 2017 | 1,171 | #301 |
| 2018 | 1,134 | #304 |
| 2019 | 1,201 | #286 |
| 2020 | 1,213 | #278 |
| 2021 | 1,451 | #245 |
| 2022 | 1,775 | #210 |
| 2023 | 1,786 | #207 |
| 2024 | 2,222 | #161 |
