Jairen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hy-ROHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Jairen is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he shines”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Jairen mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jairon; elaboration of Jairo, the Spanish form of Jair
“he shines”
Jair is a minor figure in the Book of Judges, one of the judges of Israel.
Meaning borrowed from Jairon.
Is Jairen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jairen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jairen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Jairen, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the most boys named Jairen of any year since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Jairen in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jairen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Jairen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayden Cohen Jaylen Aiden Kayden Arjun Eden Avi Jensen Raiden Brayden Johan
Names related to Jairen
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jairen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jairen, updated 20 October 2026.