Jaris — boys' name
280 babies named Jaris in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
280 boys have been named Jaris since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2025.
- 280
- total births
- 1975–2025
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Jaris was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Jaris in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaris
The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Jaris between 1975 and 2025, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaris currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Jaris is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 1930.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaris performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jaris shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaris 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 280 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.
Jaris at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaris popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1975
- Peak year (1984)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
280 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 13 births in a single year.
Jaris popularity over time — girls
21 total births recorded since 1930 (Jaris as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jaris accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaris by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 86 births that decade — 31% of Jaris's all-time total
Jaris decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jaris's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–2025 (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.