Fun Facts About the Name Jaret
- More than 2 thousand babies named Jaret: U.S. records list 2,990 babies given the name Jaret from 1880 through 2025. Even 22 girls received the name Jaret - about 1 girl for every 135 boys.
What Does the Name Jaret Mean?
Jaret is a variant spelling of Jared, a name taken from the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew form is Yered (יֶרֶד), generally explained as coming from the root yarad, meaning "to go down, descend." On that reading the name is glossed as "descent" or "he descends." The biblical text itself does not translate the name, so this sense is inferred from the Hebrew root rather than stated in scripture.
In the Bible, Yered is the son of Mahalalel and the father of Enoch (Genesis 5:15 - 20); he is also listed in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 1:2. Later Jewish commentary read the word "descent" morally and connected it to the generation in which Yered lived, but that is a layer of interpretation added to the name, not its literal etymology.
Jaret Name History & Origins
Jaret is an English respelling of Jared. The name came into English through the Bible: the Hebrew Yered is written as Jared in English translations, including the King James Version of 1611, and that spelling has stayed the standard one. In Ethiopian tradition the same biblical figure is called Yared, and St. Yared, a composer of church music traditionally placed in the sixth century, is the best-known bearer of that form.
The spelling Jaret belongs with other modern respellings of Jared, such as Jarad and Jarod, which keep the sound of the name but change a vowel or the final consonant. These forms are used chiefly in the United States and other English-speaking countries and are recent compared with the biblical spelling; the Hebrew and biblical forms have a far longer written record than any of the respellings.
Jared also appears outside the Bible. The Book of Mormon (1830) tells of a Jared who leads a migration to the Americas, and the "Jaredites" are named after him. That is a religious and literary use of the name, distinct from the older biblical figure.
How Popular is the Name Jaret?
Jaret recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1998. Its best rank was #556 in 1998.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #15,939 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #17,582 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #14,333 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #15,127 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,488 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #4,469 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2023 | #4,957 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #5,718 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #9,192 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #6,786 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #7,887 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #5,641 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #8,436 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #6,168 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #6,479 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #4,607 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #4,237 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #3,838 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #2,925 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2010 | #3,105 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2009 | #2,467 | 52 | 0.0026% |
| 2008 | #2,047 | 68 | 0.0033% |
| 2007 | #1,733 | 86 | 0.0041% |
| 2006 | #1,610 | 90 | 0.0044% |
| 2005 | #1,493 | 97 | 0.0049% |
| 2004 | #1,486 | 91 | 0.0046% |
| 2003 | #1,620 | 78 | 0.0039% |
| 2002 | #1,291 | 105 | 0.0054% |
| 2001 | #1,193 | 114 | 0.0059% |
| 2000 | #1,182 | 116 | 0.0059% |
| 1999 | #938 | 156 | 0.0081% |
| 1998 | #556 | 354 | 0.0185% |
| 1997 | #726 | 214 | 0.0114% |
| 1996 | #2,162 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1995 | #2,191 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1994 | #1,855 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 1993 | #2,661 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #2,233 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 1991 | #2,497 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #2,060 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1989 | #1,933 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 1988 | #1,862 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1987 | #1,742 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1986 | #1,812 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1985 | #1,533 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 1984 | #1,468 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 1983 | #1,500 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1982 | #1,523 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1981 | #1,348 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 1980 | #1,505 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1979 | #1,380 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 1978 | #1,445 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 1977 | #1,587 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 1976 | #1,689 | 31 | 0.0020% |
| 1975 | #1,465 | 37 | 0.0024% |
| 1974 | #1,359 | 40 | 0.0025% |
| 1973 | #1,625 | 29 | 0.0019% |
| 1972 | #1,582 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 1971 | #2,085 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #1,726 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1969 | #2,357 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1968 | #1,986 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1967 | #2,543 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #3,366 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #4,304 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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