Jette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YET-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Jette is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Jette mean?
Germanic: Danish, German and Dutch short form of Henriette
“home ruler”
Is Jette a girl's or a boy's name?
Jette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Jette, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.
Half of all the girls named Jette in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 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 | 8 | #3,108 |
Names like Jette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte, Journee, Jovie, Marlowe, Phoebe, Millie, Adeline, Emmeline, Charlie, Elodie, Ellie, Emma
Names related to Jette
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
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, “Jette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jette, updated 20 October 2026.