Jared is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1998 and has since faded.
Jared is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #396 for boy births in the United States (and #797 across all names), given to 804 babies — 819 including U.S. territories. Jared first appears in 1881 and peaked in 1998 (7,462 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 804 | 819 | — | #396 |
| 2024 | 830 | 846 | — | #393 |
| 2023 | 971 | 995 | — | #343 |
| 2022 | 857 | 875 | — | #379 |
| 2021 | 806 | 832 | — | #394 |
| 2020 | 845 | 866 | — | #368 |
| 2019 | 911 | 936 | — | #361 |
| 2018 | 891 | 915 | — | #367 |
| 2017 | 845 | 866 | — | #385 |
| 2016 | 834 | 853 | — | #384 |
| 2015 | 1,010 | 1,029 | — | #340 |
| 2014 | 1,198 | 1,227 | #13,679 | #297 |
| 2013 | 1,148 | 1,173 | — | #305 |
| 2012 | 1,200 | 1,214 | — | #294 |
| 2011 | 1,304 | 1,328 | — | #267 |
| 2010 | 1,448 | 1,467 | #18,159 | #243 |
| 2009 | 1,764 | 1,780 | #11,874 | #214 |
| 2008 | 2,046 | 2,072 | — | #197 |
| 2007 | 2,609 | 2,647 | #14,536 | #160 |
| 2006 | 2,986 | 3,014 | #10,942 | #138 |
| 2005 | 2,935 | 2,952 | #10,446 | #137 |
| 2004 | 3,195 | 3,232 | #6,914 | #128 |
| 2003 | 3,955 | 3,987 | #8,202 | #107 |
| 2002 | 4,848 | 4,893 | #9,107 | #84 |
| 2001 | 6,448 | 6,487 | #7,487 | #65 |
| 2000 | 7,344 | 7,386 | #5,568 | #56 |
| 1999 | 7,306 | 7,353 | #3,918 | #54 |
| 1998 | 7,478 | 7,503 | #6,177 | #51 |
| 1997 | 6,698 | — | #6,000 | #56 |
| 1996 | 5,838 | — | #5,629 | #64 |
| 1995 | 5,893 | — | #10,993 | #63 |
| 1994 | 5,890 | — | #6,122 | #63 |
| 1993 | 6,083 | — | #5,301 | #63 |
| 1992 | 5,879 | — | #7,725 | #67 |
| 1991 | 6,236 | — | #4,559 | #64 |
| 1990 | 6,664 | — | #4,581 | #63 |
| 1989 | 7,044 | — | #3,820 | #57 |
| 1988 | 6,250 | — | #2,716 | #60 |
| 1987 | 6,235 | — | #3,207 | #58 |
| 1986 | 6,145 | — | #3,393 | #58 |
| 1985 | 5,915 | — | #2,882 | #58 |
| 1984 | 5,725 | — | #2,398 | #59 |
| 1983 | 5,890 | — | #2,489 | #56 |
| 1982 | 6,310 | — | #2,163 | #54 |
| 1981 | 5,898 | — | #2,744 | #57 |
| 1980 | 5,241 | — | #2,623 | #61 |
| 1979 | 4,693 | — | #3,483 | #65 |
| 1978 | 3,863 | — | #4,340 | #72 |
| 1977 | 3,755 | — | #4,122 | #76 |
| 1976 | 2,952 | — | #3,130 | #90 |
| 1975 | 2,576 | — | #3,434 | #100 |
| 1974 | 2,014 | — | #5,938 | #131 |
| 1973 | 1,599 | — | #5,740 | #155 |
| 1972 | 1,263 | — | #8,767 | #187 |
| 1971 | 1,072 | — | — | #218 |
| 1970 | 753 | — | #8,496 | #284 |
| 1969 | 686 | — | — | #286 |
| 1968 | 519 | — | — | #337 |
| 1967 | 347 | — | — | #408 |
| 1966 | 259 | — | — | #476 |
| 1965 | 99 | — | — | #747 |
| 1964 | 81 | — | — | #848 |
| 1963 | 89 | — | — | #804 |
| 1962 | 76 | — | — | #876 |
| 1961 | 74 | — | — | #893 |
| 1960 | 62 | — | — | #970 |
| 1959 | 73 | — | — | #902 |
| 1958 | 79 | — | — | #853 |
| 1957 | 73 | — | — | #887 |
| 1956 | 80 | — | — | #837 |
| 1955 | 67 | — | — | #912 |
| 1954 | 90 | — | — | #753 |
| 1953 | 60 | — | — | #929 |
| 1952 | 57 | — | — | #946 |
| 1951 | 54 | — | — | #955 |
| 1950 | 64 | — | — | #857 |
| 1949 | 46 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1948 | 50 | — | — | #995 |
| 1947 | 44 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1946 | 44 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1945 | 36 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1944 | 41 | — | — | #1,026 |
| 1943 | 49 | — | — | #967 |
| 1942 | 44 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1941 | 50 | — | — | #900 |
| 1940 | 34 | — | — | #1,145 |
| 1939 | 43 | — | — | #963 |
| 1938 | 46 | — | — | #933 |
| 1937 | 38 | — | — | #1,043 |
| 1936 | 25 | — | — | #1,344 |
| 1935 | 23 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | — | #1,813 |
| 1933 | 14 | — | — | #1,959 |
| 1932 | 18 | — | — | #1,750 |
| 1931 | 20 | — | — | #1,612 |
| 1930 | 24 | — | — | #1,514 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | — | #1,965 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | — | #1,869 |
| 1927 | 18 | — | — | #1,915 |
| 1926 | 11 | — | — | #2,648 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | — | #2,666 |
| 1924 | 19 | — | — | #1,868 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | — | #2,175 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,388 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | — | #2,710 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | — | #2,675 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | — | #2,583 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | — | #2,461 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | — | #2,041 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | — | #2,332 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | — | #1,925 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | — | #3,080 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | — | #3,043 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,416 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | — | #940 |