Jared
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JA-red
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #396 for boys
Jared is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “descent”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 396th for boys in the US (804 babies).
What does Jared mean?
Hebrew
“descent”
In Genesis, Jared is the father of Enoch and is said to have lived 962 years.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jared a girl's or a boy's name?
Jared is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 804 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jared in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Jared, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 174 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Jared since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Jared in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Jared in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 41 | #829 |
| 2018 | 43 | #826 |
| 2017 | 59 | #665 |
| 2016 | 59 | #670 |
| 2015 | 64 | #621 |
| 2014 | 84 | #525 |
| 2013 | 75 | #541 |
| 2012 | 102 | #435 |
| 2011 | 140 | #351 |
| 2010 | 98 | #433 |
| 2009 | 134 | #337 |
| 2008 | 125 | #350 |
| 2007 | 129 | #330 |
| 2006 | 123 | #314 |
| 2005 | 103 | #342 |
| 2004 | 127 | #287 |
| 2003 | 140 | #251 |
| 2002 | 158 | #227 |
| 2001 | 141 | #237 |
| 2000 | 147 | #228 |
| 1999 | 157 | #218 |
| 1998 | 149 | #236 |
| 1997 | 174 | #207 |
| 1996 | 169 | #210 |
How popular is Jared in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 396th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 804 about 1 in 2,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 804 boys in the US were named Jared, making it the 396th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 368th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 7,462 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had fewer boys named Jared than any year since 1970.
Half of all the boys named Jared in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jared in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 804 | #396 |
| 2024 | 830 | #393 |
| 2023 | 971 | #343 |
| 2022 | 857 | #379 |
| 2021 | 806 | #394 |
| 2020 | 845 | #368 |
| 2019 | 911 | #361 |
| 2018 | 891 | #367 |
| 2017 | 845 | #385 |
| 2016 | 834 | #384 |
| 2015 | 1,010 | #340 |
| 2014 | 1,191 | #297 |
| 2013 | 1,148 | #305 |
| 2012 | 1,200 | #294 |
| 2011 | 1,304 | #267 |
| 2010 | 1,443 | #243 |
| 2009 | 1,755 | #214 |
| 2008 | 2,046 | #197 |
| 2007 | 2,602 | #160 |
| 2006 | 2,976 | #138 |
| 2005 | 2,925 | #137 |
| 2004 | 3,178 | #128 |
| 2003 | 3,942 | #107 |
| 2002 | 4,837 | #84 |
| 2001 | 6,434 | #65 |
| 2000 | 7,324 | #56 |
| 1999 | 7,276 | #54 |
| 1998 | 7,462 | #51 |
| 1997 | 6,682 | #56 |
| 1996 | 5,821 | #64 |
| 1995 | 5,886 | #63 |
| 1994 | 5,875 | #63 |
| 1993 | 6,065 | #63 |
| 1992 | 5,868 | #67 |
| 1991 | 6,214 | #64 |
| 1990 | 6,643 | #63 |
| 1989 | 7,018 | #57 |
| 1988 | 6,211 | #60 |
| 1987 | 6,206 | #58 |
| 1986 | 6,119 | #58 |
| 1985 | 5,883 | #58 |
| 1984 | 5,685 | #59 |
| 1983 | 5,853 | #56 |
| 1982 | 6,263 | #54 |
| 1981 | 5,865 | #57 |
| 1980 | 5,205 | #61 |
| 1979 | 4,670 | #65 |
| 1978 | 3,847 | #72 |
| 1977 | 3,738 | #76 |
| 1976 | 2,929 | #90 |
| 1975 | 2,556 | #100 |
| 1974 | 2,005 | #131 |
| 1973 | 1,590 | #155 |
| 1972 | 1,258 | #187 |
| 1971 | 1,072 | #218 |
| 1970 | 748 | #284 |
| 1969 | 686 | #286 |
| 1968 | 519 | #337 |
| 1967 | 347 | #408 |
| 1966 | 259 | #476 |
| 1965 | 99 | #745 |
| 1964 | 81 | #846 |
| 1963 | 89 | #803 |
| 1962 | 76 | #870 |
| 1961 | 74 | #889 |
| 1960 | 62 | #963 |
| 1959 | 73 | #896 |
| 1958 | 79 | #849 |
| 1957 | 73 | #883 |
| 1956 | 80 | #832 |
| 1955 | 67 | #905 |
| 1954 | 90 | #750 |
| 1953 | 60 | #925 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 54 | #948 |
| 1950 | 64 | #849 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 50 | #988 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,031 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,077 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,018 |
| 1943 | 49 | #956 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | 50 | #898 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1939 | 43 | #954 |
| 1938 | 46 | #927 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,031 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,496 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Jared
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Joshua, Jamie, Adam, Matthew, Jacob, Nathan, Joel, Jordan, Daniel, Toby, Jason, Michael
Other spellings of Jared
Names related to Jared
Jarrod, Jarrad, Jarod, Jarad, Jarryd, Jaryd, Jered, Jahred, Jarid
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jared: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jared, updated 20 October 2026.