How Many People Are Named Jared?
people named Jared are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,732 people in the US has this name
Based on 207,119 babies named Jared in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
7,478 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name יָרֶד (Yared) or יֶרֶד (Yered) meaning "descent". This is the name of a close descendant of Adam in the Old Testament. It has been used as an English name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popularized in the 1960s by the character Jarrod Barkley on the television series 'The Big Valley'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jared in English. Counting Jared and these spellings together, about 255,401 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jared (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jared alive today is about 32 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jared first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1998, to 7,478 babies. In 2025, 804 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jared never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #51, in 1998, and it was in the top 100 for 28 years, 1975 to 2002. In 2025 it ranked #396.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #396 |
| Best rank | #51 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | 28 (1975 to 2002) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #58 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jared alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jared were born in California than in any other state: about 21,635 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jared was given 2.9 times as often in Utah, 2.4 times in Idaho and 2 times in North Dakota.
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