Jared
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Jared represents the generation immediately preceding Enoch, who 'walked with God'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒaɹəd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jared is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Turks & Caicos Islands it is the most common given name.
- TCTurks & Caicos Islands≈1 in 232(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.8K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 2.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 595 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 232 (inferred from the name graph)
180,306 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Turks & Caicos Islands, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Jared represents the generation immediately preceding Enoch, who 'walked with God.' In various traditions, his name is interpreted as signifying the 'descent' of the divine or angelic beings (Watchers) to earth during his lifetime.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Jared, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jared counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #437 | 180,306 | 1 in 1.8K | 180K | Jared | 595 |
| CN China | — | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.4K | — | Jared | 34 |
| GB United Kingdom | #720 | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | 4 | Jared | 225 |
| CA Canada | #555 | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | 10 | Jared | 249 |
| AU Australia | #484 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 97 | Jared | 233 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 5,966 | 1 in 2.8K | 6K | — | 28 |
| NZ New Zealand | #235 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 11 | Jared | 134 |
| TC Turks & Caicos Islands | #1 | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 232 | — | Jared | 2 |
180,306 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; INEC — civil registry names; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jared is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A Hebrew name meaning 'descent' or 'he descends'. It became popular in the English-speaking world following the Protestant Reformation.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Biblical name (probably meaning ‘descent’ in Hebrew), borne by a descendant of Adam (Genesis 5:15). According to the Book of Genesis, he became the father of Enoch at the age of 162, and lived for a further eight hundred years. This name was occasionally used by the Puritans. It was briefly revived in the 1960s, for reasons that are not clear.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Jaresiah [Jaareshiah]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jared Diamondb. 1937USAmerican scientist, historian, and author (born 1937)
- Jared Harrisb. 1961GBBritish actor
- Jared Letob. 1971USAmerican actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
- Jared Bushb. 1974USAmerican screenwriter
- Jared Polisb. 1975USAmerican politician
- Adam Brodyb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
- Jared Kushnerb. 1981USAmerican businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
- Jared Padaleckib. 1982USAmerican actor
- Drake Bellb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1986)
- Jared S. Gilmoreb. 2000USAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 77 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 180K | #308 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 6K | #258 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 804 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 384 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 374 | #308 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1999 | 97 | #89 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2002 | 51 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 48 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2015 | 11 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 10 | #436 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 7 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2023 | 4 | #614 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Jared come from?
- Jared represents the generation immediately preceding Enoch, who 'walked with God.' In various traditions, his name is interpreted as signifying the 'descent' of the divine or angelic beings (Watchers… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Jared?
- In the etymology graph, Jarrod, Jerrod and Jarod are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Jared a male or female name?
- Jared is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Jared mean?
- Recorded meaning: Jared represents the generation immediately preceding Enoch, who 'walked with God.'
- How do you pronounce Jared?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒaɹəd/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Jared have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 180 thousand people named Jared, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jared.
- How common is the name Jared?
- In the United States, the national register counted 180,306 people named Jared in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Jared compared with other names?
- In the United States, Jared is the 437th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Jared?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jaredThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jared” — the 437th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.