Jerid
Boy · JAIR-id · Hebrew
Jerid is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “descent”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jerid mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jerrid; respelling of Jared
“descent”
A respelling of Jared, a biblical name; Jared was the father of Enoch in Genesis.
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- JAIR-id
Meaning borrowed from Jerrid.
Is Jerid a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerid is a boys' name.
How popular is Jerid in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Jerid in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,513 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Jerid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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