Fun Facts About the Name Jarod
- More than 11 thousand babies named Jarod: U.S. records list 11,804 babies given the name Jarod from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Jarod - about 1 girl for every 2,360 boys.
What Does the Name Jarod Mean?
Jarod is an English respelling of Jared, a name of Hebrew origin. It comes from the biblical Hebrew name Yered (יֶרֶד), which is related to the verb yarad, meaning "to descend" or "to go down." The literal sense is usually given as "descent" or "he descends." Some interpreters read the name as suggesting a coming down or a flowing down, but the core etymological meaning is descent. Jarod does not have a separate root of its own; its meaning is the same as that of the parent name Jared, since the spelling change from -ed to -od is a matter of English orthography and pronunciation rather than a change in origin.
Jarod Name History & Origins
Jared appears in the Hebrew Bible as a patriarch in the line of Seth. In Genesis he is the father of Enoch, and the name is given as Yered in Hebrew. Through the Greek and Latin text of the Bible it passed into European languages; English Bibles, including the 1611 King James Version, render it as Jared. From that biblical use the name became established in English-speaking countries, both among Jewish families and, later, more widely among Christians.
Jarod is a later English spelling variant of Jared. Respellings of this kind developed as English speakers wrote names the way they pronounced them, and Jarod reflects a pronunciation with a clear o in the second syllable. It is chiefly found in the United States and other English-speaking countries. The spelling should not be confused with the separate name Jarrod, which is another respelling of the same parent name, or with unrelated names that merely look similar. A well-known fictional use is the character Jarod in the American television series The Pretender, which began in 1996; this is a modern literary use and is not the source of the name.
How Popular is the Name Jarod?
Jarod recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1998. Its best rank was #275 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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | #11,158 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,251 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #5,522 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #9,270 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #6,994 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #5,645 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #3,758 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #6,578 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #5,001 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #3,622 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #3,827 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #2,997 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #2,731 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 2013 | #3,023 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2012 | #2,463 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #2,183 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2010 | #2,221 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 2009 | #2,211 | 60 | 0.0030% |
| 2008 | #2,014 | 70 | 0.0034% |
| 2007 | #1,618 | 96 | 0.0046% |
| 2006 | #1,395 | 114 | 0.0055% |
| 2005 | #1,166 | 137 | 0.0069% |
| 2004 | #989 | 168 | 0.0085% |
| 2003 | #759 | 234 | 0.0118% |
| 2002 | #555 | 399 | 0.0206% |
| 2001 | #388 | 656 | 0.0338% |
| 2000 | #416 | 599 | 0.0305% |
| 1999 | #344 | 778 | 0.0405% |
| 1998 | #275 | 1,045 | 0.0547% |
| 1997 | #348 | 738 | 0.0391% |
| 1996 | #723 | 216 | 0.0114% |
| 1995 | #848 | 162 | 0.0085% |
| 1994 | #775 | 186 | 0.0096% |
| 1993 | #717 | 208 | 0.0106% |
| 1992 | #757 | 188 | 0.0094% |
| 1991 | #673 | 228 | 0.0113% |
| 1990 | #634 | 255 | 0.0124% |
| 1989 | #589 | 277 | 0.0138% |
| 1988 | #590 | 249 | 0.0130% |
| 1987 | #551 | 273 | 0.0146% |
| 1986 | #559 | 254 | 0.0138% |
| 1985 | #498 | 305 | 0.0165% |
| 1984 | #482 | 300 | 0.0166% |
| 1983 | #444 | 351 | 0.0196% |
| 1982 | #428 | 380 | 0.0209% |
| 1981 | #440 | 355 | 0.0198% |
| 1980 | #425 | 371 | 0.0208% |
| 1979 | #461 | 317 | 0.0184% |
| 1978 | #543 | 233 | 0.0142% |
| 1977 | #567 | 218 | 0.0133% |
| 1976 | #570 | 204 | 0.0130% |
| 1975 | #639 | 162 | 0.0104% |
| 1974 | #759 | 114 | 0.0072% |
| 1973 | #749 | 115 | 0.0074% |
| 1972 | #839 | 92 | 0.0057% |
| 1971 | #865 | 89 | 0.0050% |
| 1970 | #1,344 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1969 | #1,541 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1968 | #1,225 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1967 | #1,872 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1966 | #2,705 | 10 | 0.0006% |
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.
