Boy or Girl

Is Jared a boy or girl name?

Jared is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 828 boys were named Jared, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.4% of the 206,307 US babies named Jared were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#393
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Jared since 1881
206,307
Most popular year
1998
7,478 babies
Babies named Jared each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Jared from 1881 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.02,0004,0006,0008,0001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Jared, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s500%
1890s500%
1900s00–
1910s8700%
1920s13800%
1930s26700%
1940s43800%
1950s69700%
1960s2,29200%
1970s24,4151270.5%
1980s60,3073450.6%
1990s63,7901730.3%
2000s38,0171110.3%
2010s10,775120.1%
2020s4,30600%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
2024828#3930–
2023971#3430–
2022857#3780–
2021805#3940–
2020845#3680–
2019911#3610–
2018890#3670–
2017845#3850–
2016833#3840–
20151,010#3400–
20141,191#2977#13,676
20131,148#3050–
20121,200#2940–
20111,304#2670–
20101,443#2435#18,158
20091,754#2149#11,872
20082,046#1970–
20072,602#1607#14,536
20062,976#13810#10,941
20052,924#13710#10,445
20043,178#12817#6,912
20033,942#10713#8,202
20024,837#8411#9,107
20016,434#6514#7,486
20007,324#5620#5,568
19997,276#5430#3,918
19987,462#5116#6,177
19976,682#5616#6,000
19965,821#6417#5,629
19955,885#637#10,992
19945,875#6315#6,122
19936,065#6318#5,301
19925,867#6711#7,725
19916,214#6422#4,559
19906,643#6321#4,581
19897,018#5726#3,820
19886,210#6039#2,716
19876,206#5829#3,207
19866,118#5826#3,393
19855,883#5832#2,883
19845,685#5940#2,398
19835,853#5637#2,490
19826,263#5447#2,163
19815,865#5733#2,744
19805,206#6136#2,622
19794,670#6523#3,483
19783,847#7216#4,339
19773,737#7617#4,121
19762,930#9023#3,131
19752,556#10020#3,434
19742,005#1319#5,940
19731,591#1559#5,739
19721,258#1875#8,767
19711,073#2180–
1970748#2845#8,497
1969686#2860–
1968519#3370–
1967348#4070–
1966258#4780–
196599#7470–
196481#8480–
196389#8040–
196276#8760–
196174#8920–
196062#9710–
195973#9010–
195879#8530–
195773#8870–
195680#8370–
195567#9120–
195490#7530–
195360#9290–
195257#9460–
195154#9550–
195064#8570–
194946#1,0390–
194850#9950–
194744#1,1000–
194644#1,0370–
194536#1,0930–
194441#1,0260–
194349#9670–
194244#1,0150–
194150#9000–
194034#1,1450–
193943#9630–
193846#9330–
193738#1,0430–
193625#1,3440–
193523#1,4380–
193416#1,8130–
193314#1,9590–
193218#1,7500–
193120#1,6120–
193024#1,5140–
192916#1,9650–
192818#1,8690–
192718#1,9150–
192611#2,6480–
192511#2,6660–
192419#1,8680–
192315#2,1750–
19228#3,3880–
192111#2,7100–
192011#2,6750–
191911#2,5830–
191812#2,4610–
191715#2,0410–
191612#2,3320–
191515#1,9250–
19146#3,0800–
19135#3,0430–
19126#2,4160–
19110–0–
19105#1,7170–
19090–0–
19080–0–
19070–0–
19060–0–
19050–0–
19040–0–
19030–0–
19020–0–
19010–0–
19000–0–
18990–0–
18980–0–
18970–0–
18960–0–
18950–0–
18940–0–
18930–0–
18920–0–
18915#1,0400–
18900–0–
18890–0–
18880–0–
18870–0–
18860–0–
18850–0–
18840–0–
18830–0–
18820–0–
18815#9400–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Jared reached #51 in 1998. As a girl name, it reached #2,163 in 1982. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Jared

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.