Jhett
Boy · JET · English
Jhett is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “jet, the black gemstone”. In 2025 it ranked 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Jhett mean?
English: respelling of Jett, from the English word jet
“jet, the black gemstone”
A respelling of Jett; jet is a black gemstone formed from fossilised wood, the source of the phrase jet-black.
- Say it
- JET
Is Jhett a girl's or a boy's name?
Jhett is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jhett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,708among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Jhett, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,423rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 129 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer boys named Jhett than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Jhett in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,422 boys in the US were given Jhett or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #1,708 for this spelling alone.
Jhett in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 102 | #1,650 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,591 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,611 |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,667 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,423 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 129 | #1,364 |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2016 | 80 | #1,863 |
| 2015 | 93 | #1,677 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,137 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
Names like Jhett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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