Jeter
Boy · JEE-ter · English
Jeter is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Jeter mean?
English: English surname
Best known as the surname of baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, the longtime New York Yankees shortstop.
- Say it
- JEE-ter
Is Jeter a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Jeter, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Jeter in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 48 | #2,555 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
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