Jet
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning a hard black gemstone; the color black.
Babies a year
138
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2664
8 babies
Jet by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Jet. In the US, 138 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 150 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jet. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Jet, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)