Jared

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #13,069 · #396 for boys in 2025, 804 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1998 · 7,462 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
28 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
206,351
since 1881

Jared over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #51, 1998boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025—#396804
2024—#393830
2023—#343971
2022—#379857
2021—#394806
2020—#368845
2019—#361911
2018—#367891
2017—#385845
2016—#384834
2015—#3401,010
2014#13,0697#2971,191
2013—#3051,148
2012—#2941,200
2011—#2671,304
2010#16,9925#2431,443
2009#11,4599#2141,755
2008—#1972,046
2007#13,9247#1602,602
2006#10,61110#1382,976
2005#10,12810#1372,925
2004#6,76817#1283,178
2003#7,99813#1073,942
2002#8,83711#844,837
2001#7,31714#656,434
2000#5,49120#567,324
1999#3,89530#547,276
1998#6,07316#517,462
1997#5,86816#566,682
1996#5,53117#645,821
1995#10,5147#635,886
1994#5,98415#635,875
1993#5,20618#636,065
1992#7,51211#675,868
1991#4,49722#646,214
1990#4,52321#636,643
1989#3,78426#577,018
1988#2,70039#606,211
1987#3,16929#586,206
1986#3,36026#586,119
1985#2,86032#585,883
1984#2,38240#595,685
1983#2,47537#565,853
1982#2,15047#546,263
1981#2,72333#575,865
1980#2,60336#615,205
1979#3,44223#654,670
1978#4,24216#723,847
1977#4,06917#763,738
1976#3,09523#902,929
1975#3,40420#1002,556
1974#5,7769#1312,005
1973#5,5809#1551,590
1972#8,2925#1871,258
1971—#2181,072
1970#7,9955#284748
1969—#286686
1968—#337519
1967—#408347
1966—#476259
1965—#74599
1964—#84681
1963—#80389
1962—#87176
1961—#89074
1960—#96462
1959—#89773
1958—#85079
1957—#88473
1956—#83380
1955—#90667
1954—#75190
1953—#92660
1952—#93957
1951—#94954
1950—#85064
1949—#1,02946
1948—#98950
1947—#1,09344
1946—#1,03144
1945—#1,07836
1944—#1,01841
1943—#95649
1942—#1,00744
1941—#89850
1940—#1,13534
1939—#95443
1938—#92746
1937—#1,03138
1936—#1,32625
1935—#1,42223
1934—#1,78316
1933—#1,90514
1932—#1,71618
1931—#1,58920
1930—#1,49624
1929—#1,93316
1928—#1,82218
1927—#1,87118
1926—#2,56611
1925—#2,58811
1924—#1,83919
1923—#2,12315
1922—#3,2528
1921—#2,63211
1920—#2,60211
1919—#2,51111
1918—#2,39812
1917—#1,98615
1916—#2,25912
1915—#1,87815
1914—#2,9156
1913—#2,8215
1912—#2,2696
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Jared! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jared is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedMINew York: #533 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 12,061 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #738 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 19,961 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedGAHawaii: #219 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,191 boysHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Jared, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#219 · 1 in 1,191
  2. New York#533 · 1 in 12,061
  3. California#738 · 1 in 19,961

Best ever in a state: #9 in Utah, 1976.

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Hawaii#21961 in 1,191
New York#533151 in 12,061
California#73891 in 19,961
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jared
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#393 → #396)
  • 28 spots since 2020 (#368 → #396)
  • 56 spots since 2015 (#340 → #396)
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1966 (#745 → #476)
  • Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1940 (#954 → #1,135)
Rise & fade · boys
117 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1998 at #51 (7,462 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1975–2002
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1950–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 256
  • Highest: 1 in 256 boys born in 1998 were named Jared (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,124 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 30.9% of all boys named Jared (63,792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#866 (1881)#866
1890s5#963 (1891)#963
1900s0——
1910s87#1,589 (1910)#2,292
1920s138#1,822 (1928)#2,323
1930s267#927 (1938)#1,415
1940s438#898 (1941)#1,023
1950s697#751 (1954)#879
1960s2,292#286 (1969)#663
1970s24,413#65 (1979)#138
1980s60,308#54 (1982)#58
1990s63,792#51 (1998)#61
2000s38,019#56 (2000)#129
2010s10,777#243 (2010)#324
2020s5,113#343 (2023)#379

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jared in 1959

boys
#897
73 births · 1 in 29,240 boys

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #897Jared73
More about 1959

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 29,240 of them was named Jared, which outranked 80.4% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jared
  1. #893Moises74
  2. #893Rodrick74
  3. #893Rogers74
  4. #897Jared73
  5. #897Alfonzo73
  6. #897Augustus73
  7. #897Barron73
  8. #903Barrett72
  9. #903Clair72
  10. #903Cyril72

Tied with 5 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959 →