Jarius — #5495 US boys' name
1,796 babies named Jarius in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Jarius was born in this single decade.
89 babies were named Jarius in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jarius
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,796 babies named Jarius between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarius currently holds the #5495 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 89 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarius performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 639 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jarius shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 166 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jarius in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jarius 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 1,796 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.
Jarius at a glance
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Current rank
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Jarius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2000)
- 89
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #5495 among boys.
1,796 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 89 births in a single year.
Jarius by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 639 births that decade — 36% of Jarius's all-time total
Jarius decade highlights
- Peak decade 639 births
- Runner-up 564 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jarius's strongest decade
639 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Jarius by state
Where Jarius concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 166 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 143 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 82 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 65 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 53 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 23 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 22 | 1.2% |
166 of 1,796 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 8.0% of nationwide
- Florida 4.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.6% of nationwide
- Mississippi 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jarius appears in 11 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, 1972–2024 (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.