Jarrad

Where Jarrad comes from

Jarrad hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,537 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Jarrad Paul born
    American actor and filmmaker
  3. 1982
    Peak, #933
    92 babies named Jarrad — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,955.
  5. 2002
    Jarrad Branthwaite born
    English association football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jarrad Branthwaite · English association football player, born 2002
  • Jarrad Paul · American actor and filmmaker, born 1976
  • Jarrad Ross · Australian soccer player, born 1990
  • Jarrad Davis · American football player, born 1995
  • Jarrad Seng · Australian photographer, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.