Jered
Jered was the 8544th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 654th with 177 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 578 places. More babies were named Jered in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,544 boys, down 1,310 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1982177 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,797babies recorded
Jered popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,544 | 9 |
| 2020 | #7,234 | 11 |
| 2010 | #6,525 | 13 |
| 2000 | #1,492 | 82 |
| 1990 | #916 | 126 |
| 1980 | #705 | 152 |
| 1970 | #1,908 | 22 |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jered, counting every spelling?
Jered is the most common spelling of a name family that had 9 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 9 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jered | 9 | #8,544 | 37 |
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 Jered?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jered (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jered 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jered.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jered?
About 3,600 people born in the US named Jered are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 31 and 45. That makes Jered mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jered: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jered, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jered
How popular is the name Jered?
Jered was the 8544th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 654th with 177 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 578 places. More babies were named Jered in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jered a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jered in the US.