Jared Boy
How popular is Jared?
#396 boy name in 2025
804 baby boys were named Jared in the US in 2025, making it the 396th most popular boy name.
Jared popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #396 for boys (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 804 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #340 in 2015, #368 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (7,462 boys) |
| Highest rank | #51 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jared counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jared family of names ranked #389 for boys in 2025 (#383 the year before), with 821 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jared | 804 | 98% |
| Jarred | 12 | 1% |
| Jahred | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jared is most popular
Babies named Jared per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 1.0 per 1,000 (196 boys)
- Maryland: 0.9 per 1,000 (111 boys)
- Utah: 0.9 per 1,000 (84 boys)
- Rhode Island: 0.9 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- Alaska: 0.8 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Jared by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #865 |
| 1890s | 5 | #962 |
| 1910s | 87 | #1,588 |
| 1920s | 138 | #1,822 |
| 1930s | 267 | #927 |
| 1940s | 438 | #898 |
| 1950s | 697 | #750 |
| 1960s | 2,292 | #286 |
| 1970s | 24,413 | #65 |
| 1980s | 60,308 | #54 |
| 1990s | 63,792 | #51 |
| 2000s | 38,019 | #56 |
| 2010s | 10,777 | #243 |
| 2020s | 5,113 | #343 |
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Questions
- Is Jared a boy or girl name?
- Jared is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jared were boys.
- How popular is the name Jared?
- 804 baby boys were named Jared in the US in 2025, making it the 396th most popular boy name.
- When was Jared most popular?
- Jared peaked in 1998, when 7,462 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #51 in 1998.
- How many people are named Jared?
- 207,119 babies have been named Jared in the US since 1880. We estimate about 198,004 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Jared most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jared was most common in New Jersey, at 1.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.