Jaret
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAIR-it
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Jaret is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear + brave, or spear + rule”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Jaret mean?
Germanic: spelling of Jarrett, a variant of Garrett
“spear + brave, or spear + rule”
Is Jaret a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaret 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 Jaret in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Jaret, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 354 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the boys named Jaret in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Jaret or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Jaret in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 86 | #1,728 |
| 2006 | 90 | #1,605 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,484 |
| 2004 | 91 | #1,482 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 105 | #1,285 |
| 2001 | 114 | #1,189 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,173 |
| 1999 | 156 | #934 |
| 1998 | 354 | #555 |
| 1997 | 214 | #724 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 46 | #1,846 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,914 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 43 | #1,523 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,457 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,513 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 41 | #1,496 |
| 1979 | 46 | #1,370 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,676 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
Names like Jaret
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi, Ravi, Rishi, Arjun, Aj, Garrett, Krishna, Dhruv, Malik, Pranav, River, Liam
Other spellings of Jaret
Names related to Jaret
More Germanic names
Amelia, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Jaret: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaret, updated 20 October 2026.