Is Jet a boy or girl name?

Jet is a boy’s name. Of the 3,485 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 3.5% were girls and 96.5% were boys.

Jet

Recorded 1954–2025 · United States

Jet was most popular in 2019, when 177 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,388 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,585, with 160 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,485 people named Jet.

Jet over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jet’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jet a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jet is a boy’s name — 3.5% of the 3,485 Americans given it were girls and 96.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jet

Where Jet is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org