Jet is a boy's name of English origin meaning “gap, hole.” In 2024 it was given to 140 boys in the United States.
Jet belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “gap, hole” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jet first appears in Social Security records in 1959. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1139 in 2019, and in 2024 140 babies received the name — 3,201 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jet means “gap, hole” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jet is a boy name. In 2024, 140 babies received the name in the US.
Jet comes from the English & American tradition.
Jet first appears in US records in 1959. Its best-ever ranking was #1139 in 2019, and 140 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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