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Jerett

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

What does Jerett mean?

English: spelling of Jerrett, itself a variant of Jarrett, a surname from Gerard or Gerald

A spelling of Jarrett, an English surname that grew out of the medieval names Gerard and Gerald.

Meaning borrowed from Jerrett.

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

Jerett is a boys' name.

How popular is Jerett in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.

Half of all the boys named Jerett in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1973Busiest: 16 in 19832016
Jerett in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20167#9,659
20156#10,638
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20095#12,486
20089#8,319
20075#12,361
20069#7,992
20058#8,292
20047#8,921
20036#9,574
200211#6,081
200113#5,383
200014#5,034
19998#7,132
19987#7,553
199715#4,241
19966#7,964
19958#6,400
19940–
199315#4,013
19920–
19918#5,934
199012#4,401
198911#4,521
198810#4,445
198713#3,516
198610#4,126
198513#3,398
198413#3,268
198316#2,786
19829#4,232
19818#4,507
19809#4,133
19795#6,054
19785#5,769
19777#4,580
19768#4,010
19750–
19740–
19736#4,503

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