Boys' name · since 1976
Jareb
72 babies named Jareb in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,638 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 72
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jareb is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 72 have been recorded since 1976.
Jareb has 72 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2010.
- #19,638 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 72 born since 1976
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jareb ranks #19,638 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1976, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,638 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 72
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jareb's 72 recorded births place it above 56.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jareb's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jareb splits its recorded history at 1991: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jareb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2010
- Peak year (1979)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Jareb by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (25 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Jareb's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jareb births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 25 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Jareb's decade-level peak was the 1970s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jareb: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jareb draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.