Jarod

Last seen for girls in 1982 at #10,517 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1998 · 1,045 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,799
since 1966

Jarod over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jarod has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #275, 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#8,9108
2024#5,44317
2023#8,9218
2022#6,82812
2021#5,56216
2020#3,73428
2019#6,40613
2018#4,91819
2017#3,58630
2016#3,77628
2015#2,96639
2014#2,70544
2013#2,99837
2012#2,44851
2011#2,17360
2010#2,21259
2009#2,20360
2008#2,00170
2007#1,61496
2006#1,391114
2005#1,162137
2004#988168
2003#758234
2002#554399
2001#388656
2000#415599
1999#344778
1998#2751,045
1997#348738
1996#723216
1995#847162
1994#772186
1993#716208
1992#757188
1991#672228
1990#634255
1989#589277
1988#588249
1987#551273
1986#557254
1985#497305
1984#481300
1983#442351
1982#10,5175#428380
1981#439355
1980#425371
1979#459317
1978#542233
1977#566218
1976#570204
1975#635162
1974#758114
1973#749115
1972#83792
1971#86489
1970#1,33739
1969#1,52628
1968#1,21739
1967#1,85318
1966#2,62710
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five boys were named Jarod! It came in at #2,627, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2022–2023, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Jarod is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedNHWashington: #429 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,356 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedMNIllinois: #651 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 9,924 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedWIMichigan: #538 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,178 boysMINew York: #713 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 11,026 boysNYMassachusetts: #373 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,630 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedSDIowa: #266 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,514 boysIAIndiana: #216 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,069 boysINOhio: #499 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,563 boysOHPennsylvania: #457 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,152 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #307 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,290 boysCTCalifornia: #595 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 8,044 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedUTColorado: #343 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,355 boysCONebraska: #206 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,934 boysNEMissouri: #325 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,885 boysMOKentucky: #371 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,461 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedDEArizona: #411 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,796 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedNMKansas: #217 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,731 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #287 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,482 boysOKLouisiana: #597 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,609 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedHITexas: #693 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 9,593 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Jarod, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nebraska#206 · 1 in 1,934
  2. Indiana#216 · 1 in 2,069
  3. Kansas#217 · 1 in 1,731
  4. Iowa#266 · 1 in 3,514
  5. Oklahoma#287 · 1 in 2,482

Best ever in a state: #118 in North Dakota, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#20661 in 1,934
Indiana#216191 in 2,069
Kansas#21791 in 1,731
Iowa#26661 in 3,514
Oklahoma#28781 in 2,482
Connecticut#30751 in 3,290
Missouri#32591 in 3,885
Colorado#34361 in 3,355
Kentucky#37151 in 5,461
Massachusetts#37351 in 6,630
Arizona#41151 in 3,796
Washington#42951 in 5,356
Pennsylvania#45791 in 8,152
Ohio#49991 in 8,563
Michigan#53871 in 9,178
California#595211 in 8,044
Louisiana#59751 in 6,609
Illinois#65181 in 9,924
Texas#693121 in 9,593
New York#713101 in 11,026
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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 Jarod
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 3,467 spots since 2024 (#5,443#8,910)
  • 5,176 spots since 2020 (#3,734#8,910)
  • 5,944 spots since 2015 (#2,966#8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 473 spots in 1971 (#1,337#864)
  • Biggest drop: 230 spots in 2004 (#758#988)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1998 at #275 (1,045 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1971–2004
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,829
  • Highest: 1 in 1,829 boys born in 1998 were named Jarod (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 33.9% of all boys named Jarod (4,004) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s95#1,217 (1968)#1,806
1970s1,583#459 (1979)#732
1980s3,115#425 (1980)#500
1990s4,004#275 (1998)#609
2000s2,533#388 (2001)#1,147
2010s380#2,173 (2011)#3,419
2020s89#3,734 (2020)#6,566

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.

Jarod in 1978

boys
#542
233 births · 1 in 7,047 boys

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #542Jarod233
More about 1978

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 7,047 of them was named Jarod, which outranked 92.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jarod
  1. #539Lyle235
  2. #540Alton234
  3. #540Matt234
  4. #542Jarod233
  5. #542Elliott233
  6. #544Jerod232
  7. #544Miles232
  8. #544Will232

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978