Jared
Jared is ranked 393rd among boys in 2024 (828 births). Its best rank was 51st, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- #393down 50 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8280.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 19987,462 births
- Best rank
- #51in 1998
- Since 1881
- 205,539people given the name
The story in the numbers
205,539 boys have been named Jared in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 7,462 births — 0.39% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 297 → 393).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 31%. It has spent 81 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 28 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jared | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 87 | |
| 1920s | 138 | |
| 1930s | 267 | |
| 1940s | 438 | |
| 1950s | 697 | |
| 1960s | 2,292 | |
| 1970s | 24,415 | |
| 1980s | 60,307 | |
| 1990s | 63,790 | |
| 2000s | 38,017 | |
| 2010s | 10,775 | |
| 2020s | 4,306 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Jared was the 51st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Jared
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jarretpeak 1990
- Justenpeak 1990
- Brandonpeak 1992
- Nickolauspeak 1990
- Joshuapeak 1989
- Jonathonpeak 1990
- Jarredpeak 1989
- Ryanpeak 1985
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.