Jetta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JET-a
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Jetta is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Jetta mean?
Possibly a pet form of Henrietta or from the gemstone jet
Jet and Jette are pet forms of Henrietta in Dutch and Danish; in English the name also suggests the black gemstone.
Is Jetta a girl's or a boy's name?
Jetta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jetta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Jetta, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the girls named Jetta in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jetta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,910 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,211 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,059 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,980 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,514 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,421 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,460 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,597 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,468 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,331 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,356 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,643 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,855 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
Nicknames for Jetta
- Jet 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jetta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma, Ella, Stella, Willa, Ada, Nina, Eva, Georgia, Mina, Ila, Ruby, Clara
Names related to Jetta
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jetta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jetta, updated 20 October 2026.