girls:
122 births since 1954
#5594 (2nd percentile)
boys:
3.1k births since 1959
#2260 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.2k births since 1954
#4825 (38th percentile)
The name Jet is the #4,825 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,182 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 37.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,260 (50.7% percentile) for all time with 3,060 births since 1959. For girls, it ranks #5,594 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 122 births since 1954.
Jet first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for girls and 1959 for boys). Birth data for Jet is available in 41 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (39 years for boys and 17 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jet has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.4% of babies named Jet were boys. Interestingly, until around 1959, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1954 to 1958), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (96.5% boys from 1959 to 2023).
For boys, Jet reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 18.1% percentile (ranked #751) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 89 births per million (ranked 18.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jet ranks #771 for boys (15.4% percentile) with 79 births per million, which is 89.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jet reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #933) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jet is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #940 (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jet".
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