Jetson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JET-sun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,466 for boys
Jetson is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,466th for boys in the US (121 babies).
What does Jetson mean?
Modern: jet + -son, from the cartoon The Jetsons
Recalls The Jetsons, the 1962 Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a space-age family whose surname plays on the word jet.
Is Jetson a girl's or a boy's name?
Jetson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 121 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jetson in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 boys.
Jetson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
How popular is Jetson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,466among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 121about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 118% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 121 boys in the US were named Jetson, making it the 1,466th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had the most boys named Jetson of any year since it first appeared, in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Jetson in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 458 boys in the US were given Jetson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #590, up from #1,466 for this spelling alone.
Jetson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #1,466 |
| 2024 | 85 | #1,878 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 100 | #1,700 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,133 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Nicknames for Jetson
- Jet 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jetson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jenson Jaxon Hudson Jax Albie Grayson Theo Jayden Atlas Enzo Mason Oakley
Other spellings of Jetson
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jetson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jetson, updated 20 October 2026.