Jered
Boy · JER-ed · Hebrew
Jered is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “descent”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Jered mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jared
“descent”
Jered is the King James Version spelling in 1 Chronicles for Jared, the father of Enoch.
- Say it
- JER-ed
Is Jered a girl's or a boy's name?
Jered is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jered in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Jered, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 177 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Jered in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jered in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 82 | #1,483 |
| 1999 | 72 | #1,542 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,380 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,312 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,400 |
| 1994 | 104 | #1,100 |
| 1993 | 99 | #1,128 |
| 1992 | 122 | #976 |
| 1991 | 101 | #1,077 |
| 1990 | 126 | #910 |
| 1989 | 135 | #861 |
| 1988 | 127 | #843 |
| 1987 | 140 | #777 |
| 1986 | 154 | #728 |
| 1985 | 146 | #731 |
| 1984 | 171 | #660 |
| 1983 | 155 | #690 |
| 1982 | 177 | #653 |
| 1981 | 148 | #710 |
| 1980 | 152 | #705 |
| 1979 | 131 | #758 |
| 1978 | 102 | #847 |
| 1977 | 92 | #882 |
| 1976 | 99 | #838 |
| 1975 | 77 | #933 |
| 1974 | 71 | #969 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,249 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,400 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
Names like Jered
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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