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Jeren

Gender
Boy
Say it
JAIR-un
Origin
Modern

Jeren is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Jeren come from?

Modern: spelling of Jeron; modern name, perhaps from Jerome or Dutch Jeroen

Meaning borrowed from Jeron.

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

Jeren is a boys' name.

How popular is Jeren in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.

Half of all the boys named Jeren in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1979Busiest: 20 in 20032023
Jeren in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20238#8,916
20220–
20210–
20206#10,599
20196#10,797
20188#8,813
20170–
20168#8,811
20150–
20147#9,636
201316#5,400
201210#7,553
201114#5,939
201015#5,737
200918#5,100
200815#5,762
200718#4,994
200617#5,068
200512#6,220
200415#5,241
200320#4,109
20029#7,048
200117#4,470
200017#4,383
199911#5,650
199817#4,015
19976#8,104
19967#7,129
19959#5,922
19940–
199310#5,353
199212#4,556
19916#7,263
199010#4,986
198915#3,612
19889#4,781
198715#3,197
19867#5,327
19855#6,517
19846#5,557
19836#5,481
19820–
19810–
19805#6,248
19797#4,840

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