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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1911——
1910—#1,5895
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1881—#8665
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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 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #46 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 167 boysAKMaine: #52 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 219 boysMEVermont: #46 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 154 boysVTNew Hampshire: #69 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 303 boysNHWashington: #52 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 221 boysWAIdaho: #30 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 95 boysIDMontana: #57 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 181 boysMTNorth Dakota: #49 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 190 boysNDMinnesota: #60 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 280 boysMNIllinois: #82 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 455 boysILWisconsin: #63 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 315 boysWIMichigan: #81 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 458 boysMINew York: #76 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 411 boysNYMassachusetts: #49 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 252 boysMARhode Island: #51 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 220 boysRIOregon: #48 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 209 boysORNevada: #51 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 220 boysNVWyoming: #46 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 157 boysWYSouth Dakota: #43 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 153 boysSDIowa: #47 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 179 boysIAIndiana: #68 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 334 boysINOhio: #64 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 349 boysOHPennsylvania: #56 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 272 boysPANew Jersey: #79 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 475 boysNJConnecticut: #64 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 335 boysCTCalifornia: #79 for boys · 515 births · 1 in 373 boysCAUtah: #19 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 75 boysUTColorado: #43 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 163 boysCONebraska: #61 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 265 boysNEMissouri: #55 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 254 boysMOKentucky: #73 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 370 boysKYWest Virginia: #67 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 333 boysWVVirginia: #75 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 423 boysVAMaryland: #83 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 477 boysMDDelaware: #91 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 474 boysDEArizona: #61 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 285 boysAZNew Mexico: #67 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 289 boysNMKansas: #45 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 169 boysKSArkansas: #67 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 285 boysARTennessee: #82 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 441 boysTNNorth Carolina: #119 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 673 boysNCSouth Carolina: #144 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 741 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #227 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,313 boysDCOklahoma: #58 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 255 boysOKLouisiana: #52 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 239 boysLAMississippi: #119 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 588 boysMSAlabama: #75 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 376 boysALGeorgia: #89 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 485 boysGAHawaii: #56 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 239 boysHITexas: #98 for boys · 307 births · 1 in 435 boysTXFlorida: #79 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 424 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#19 · 1 in 75
  2. Idaho#30 · 1 in 95
  3. South Dakota#43 · 1 in 153
  4. Colorado#43 · 1 in 163
  5. Kansas#45 · 1 in 169

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#192581 in 75
Idaho#30901 in 95
Colorado#431401 in 163
South Dakota#43371 in 153
Kansas#451061 in 169
Alaska#46221 in 167
Vermont#46211 in 154
Wyoming#46251 in 157
Iowa#471261 in 179
Oregon#48951 in 209
Massachusetts#491381 in 252
North Dakota#49301 in 190
Nevada#51241 in 220
Rhode Island#51251 in 220
Louisiana#521531 in 239
Maine#52331 in 219
Washington#521411 in 221
Missouri#551471 in 254
Hawaii#56291 in 239
Pennsylvania#562821 in 272
Montana#57321 in 181
Oklahoma#58901 in 255
Minnesota#601161 in 280
Arizona#61791 in 285
Nebraska#61481 in 265
Wisconsin#631121 in 315
Connecticut#64521 in 335
Ohio#642341 in 349
Arkansas#67571 in 285
New Mexico#67391 in 289
West Virginia#67421 in 333
Indiana#681251 in 334
New Hampshire#69201 in 303
Kentucky#73761 in 370
Alabama#75731 in 376
Virginia#75801 in 423
New York#762741 in 411
California#795151 in 373
Florida#791411 in 424
New Jersey#79901 in 475
Michigan#811471 in 458
Illinois#821901 in 455
Tennessee#82761 in 441
Maryland#83491 in 477
Georgia#89851 in 485
Delaware#9181 in 474
Texas#983071 in 435
Mississippi#119341 in 588
North Carolina#119571 in 673
South Carolina#144291 in 741
District of Columbia#22761 in 1,313

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 1980

girls
#2,603
36 births · 1 in 46,120 girls
boys
#61
5,205 births · 1 in 343 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #2,603Jared36

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #61Jared5,205
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 46,120 of them was named Jared, which outranked 78.6% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jared
  1. #2,537Trinidad37
  2. #2,537Wendie37
  3. #2,537Winona37
  4. #2,603Jared36
  5. #2,603Alida36
  6. #2,603Allie36
  7. #2,603Alva36
  8. #2,651Alyse35
  9. #2,651Ambra35
  10. #2,651Anel35

Tied with 47 names at #2,603; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 343 of them was named Jared, which outranked 99.2% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jared
  1. #58Ronald5,757
  2. #59Juan5,434
  3. #60George5,300
  4. #61Jared5,205
  5. #62Douglas5,180
  6. #63Gary5,037
  7. #64Erik4,918
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →