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Jet

boy name
Origin
English
Syllables
1
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

word name from the black gemstone 'jet' or jet aircraft

How popular is Jet around the world?

In the United States, 941 babies were named Jet between 2020 and 2025.

Jet is on the official records of the United States, Canada, England and Wales and Brazil.

United States

1 in 23,000

In the United States, 941 babies were named Jet between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jet peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Canada

1 in 24,000

In Canada, 15 boys named Jet were born in 2024, ranked 1,459th among boys that year.

1991peak 2016

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 73,000

In England and Wales, 8 boys named Jet were born in 2025, ranked 2,664th among boys that year.

1996peak 20112025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Brazil

At the 2022 census, 25 people in Brazil were named Jet, ranked 106,978th, with a median age of 37.

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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South Australia

last on record 2015

Jet is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.

1980peak 2011

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Jet

Most people given the name Jet in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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