Jared
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning descends or flowing down.
How Jared has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #341 |
| 2016 | #384 |
| 2017 | #385 |
| 2018 | #367 |
| 2019 | #361 |
| 2020 | #368 |
| 2021 | #394 |
| 2022 | #378 |
| 2023 | #342 |
| 2024 | #393 |
| 2025 | #396 |
Jared by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Jared. In the US, 839 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 7,461 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 290 American boys born that year was called Jared.
Names that come from Jared
Forms of Jared in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jared. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Jared
Names that are said the same way as Jared, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Jared
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