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Jarrod

Gender
Boy
Say it
JAIR-ud
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#6,799 for boys

Jarrod is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “descent”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Jarrod mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Jared

“descent”

Spelling of Jared, a descendant of Adam and the father of Enoch in Genesis.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Jarrod a girl's or a boy's name?

Jarrod is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jarrod in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 200% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jarrod, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 41 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jarrod in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 41 in 19982025
Jarrod in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20243#5,198
20235#3,712
20220–
20213#4,989
20200–
20194#4,126
20180–
20174#4,161
20166#3,241
201510#2,260
20149#2,378
201312#1,901
20125#3,572
20114#3,986
20108#2,534
20095#3,395
20086#2,906
200711#1,848
200613#1,558
20058#2,090
200412#1,494
200313#1,328
200218#1,030
200117#1,008
200037#578
199935#596
199841#525
199728#652
199625#677

How popular is Jarrod in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,799among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 58% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Jarrod, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 1,145 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.

2025 had the fewest boys named Jarrod since it first appeared, in 1965.

Half of all the boys named Jarrod in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.

1965Busiest: 1,145 in 19802025
Jarrod in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
202421#4,697
202319#5,070
202235#3,342
202128#3,810
202036#3,135
201946#2,735
201842#2,847
201749#2,565
201643#2,782
201574#1,955
201452#2,427
201369#1,988
201294#1,636
201180#1,794
201099#1,588
200994#1,664
200886#1,752
200799#1,576
2006122#1,339
2005135#1,181
2004157#1,038
2003208#835
2002240#732
2001349#581
2000410#534
1999528#436
1998618#396
1997537#425
1996371#531
1995400#509
1994454#474
1993527#426
1992595#384
1991689#353
1990792#318
1989833#293
1988832#279
1987828#263
1986839#263
1985900#250
1984794#264
1983960#234
19821,044#224
19811,006#233
19801,145#213
19791,046#219
1978913#230
1977846#244
1976724#267
1975669#288
1974631#292
1973470#354
1972520#339
1971508#356
1970394#410
1969318#443
1968353#410
1967263#469
1966219#513
196521#1,719

Names like Jarrod

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Joshua Adam Jamie Matthew Jordan Nathan Jacob Jason Joel Aaron Daniel Michael

Names related to Jarrod

Jared Jarred Jarrad Jarod Jarad Jarryd Jaryd Jerrod Jarid Jarrid

More Hebrew names

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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, “Jarrod: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jarrod, updated 20 October 2026.