Yared
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-red
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Yared is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “descent”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Yared mean?
Hebrew: Ethiopian and Spanish form of Jared
“descent”
Saint Yared, a 6th-century Ethiopian composer, is credited with creating the sacred music of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Is Yared a girl's or a boy's name?
Yared is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yared in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 167% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Yared, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
2025 had the most boys named Yared of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Yared in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Yared in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Yared, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Yared in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yared in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
Names like Yared
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Zayd, Hamza, Yahya, Zakariya, Umar, Zayan, Ayyub, Abdullah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yared: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yared, updated 20 October 2026.