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Jared

Boy

Origin of the name

Jared comes from the biblical Yered, an ancestor of Noah.

Short-lived name

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1998 was its best year: 7,462 births, or 1 baby in 493. The decline was steep: births are now 89% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 396. 31% of all babies named Jared since 1880 were born in the 1990s.
206,351births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 51rank at its peak, in 1998

Where babies named Jared are born

1998

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The darker the blue, the more common Jared is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jared is most common in Utah (3.5 times), Idaho (2.6) and Alaska (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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