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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jarrod

Jarrod was the 6972nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 213th with 1,145 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,004 places. More babies were named Jarrod in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Meaning variant of Jared; "descent" · Hebrew, English

Say it JAIR-ud /ˈdʒærəd/

Rank in 2025
#6,972 boys, down 3,807 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
12boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
19801,145 babies
Total since 1880
25,351babies recorded

What does the name Jarrod mean?

Jarrod is a spelling of Jared, the name of a descendant of Seth and father of Enoch in Genesis 5:15. Wiktionary links Hebrew Yered to a root meaning "to descend". The name was rare in English until the 1960s, and Jarrod was most popular in the US in the 1970s and 1980s.

יֶרֶד (Biblical Hebrew, “Yered, linked to "descend"”)

How sure is this? Probable. The link to "descent" is the usual explanation.

Related names: Jared, Jarod, Jerrod.

See also: Hebrew names.

Sources for this meaning

Jarrod popularity since 1880

05001k1.5k2k 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 65 since 1974.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#6,97212
2020#3,16536
2010#1,59399
2000#534410
1990#318792
1980#2131,145
1970#410394
1960——
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1880——

How popular is Jarrod, counting every spelling?

Jarrod is the most common spelling of a name family that had 20 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 20 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Jarrod12#6,972115
Jarod8#9,25161

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Jarrod?

12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jarrod (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jarrod born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jarrod.

Chance of another Jarrod in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Jarrod?

About 23,600 people born in the US named Jarrod are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 33 and 48. That makes Jarrod mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Jarrod by state

How common Jarrod was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jarrod, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Jarrod: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jarrod, they share its era and feel.

Middle names for Jarrod · Sibling names for Jarrod

Questions about the name Jarrod

What does Jarrod mean?

Jarrod means “variant of Jared; "descent"” (Hebrew, English origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Jarrod?

Jarrod was the 6972nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 213th with 1,145 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,004 places. More babies were named Jarrod in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Jarrod a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jarrod in the US.

Where is Jarrod most popular?

In 2021–2025, Jarrod was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 boys).