Unisex name · since 1975
Jaris
Jaris has 280 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,013 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,377 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jaris is the #12377 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 280 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaris has been recorded 280 times among boys since 1975, currently ranked #12377 nationally and more common than 11% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #11,013 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,377 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 280 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaris ranks #11,013 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,377 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 280 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,013 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,377 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaris's 280 recorded births place it above 75.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jaris compares
280 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jaris's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaris | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 280 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jaris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaris's full recorded timeline at 1997, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaris popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Jaris popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 1930 (Jaris as girls' name)
Jaris by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (86 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Jaris's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jaris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
83 births
- 1990s
1990s
86 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 86 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jaris's data
- Jaris's decade-level peak was the 1990s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jaris: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Jaris 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.