Jaret — #4446 US boys' name
2,951 babies named Jaret in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Jaret was born in this single decade.
354 babies were named Jaret in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaret
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,951 babies named Jaret between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaret currently holds the #4446 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 354 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaret performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 971 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jaret shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaret in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaret in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,951 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jaret at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaret popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1964
- Peak year (1998)
- 354
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
Currently ranks #4446 among boys.
2,951 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 354 births in a single year.
Jaret popularity over time — girls
22 total births recorded since 1998 (Jaret as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jaret accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaret by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 971 births that decade — 33% of Jaret's all-time total
Jaret decade highlights
- Peak decade 971 births
- Runner-up 897 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jaret's strongest decade
971 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Jaret by state
Where Jaret concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 288 | 9.8% |
| #2 | California | | 212 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 199 | 6.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 100 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 65 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 35 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 29 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 29 | 1.0% |
288 of 2,951 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 9.8% of nationwide
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- Texas 6.7% of nationwide
- New York 3.4% of nationwide
- Florida 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 9.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaret appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.