Jettison

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jettison by the numbers

Jettison was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Jettison

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jettison. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jettson19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jetson40 in the US (2017)
  • Jeison20 in the US (2017)
  • Jefersonjeffrey's settlement; variant spelling of Jefferson12 in the US (2017)
  • Jameisonson of James; son of supplanter8 in the US (2017)
  • Jaymison12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jettison

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