Jaret

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jaret by the numbers

Jaret was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 354 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jaret

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jaret. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaren42 in the US (2017)
  • Jarel15 in the US (2017)
  • Jirehthe lord will provide21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jameysupplanter; diminutive of james32 in the US (2017)
  • Janeegod is gracious7 in the US (2017)
  • Jacee23 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jaret

Names that are said the same way as Jaret, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jarrettspear brave; a form of Garrett140 in the US (2017)
  • Jarretspear warrior; a form of garrett or jarrett14 in the US (2017)
  • Jarett16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jaret

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