Jarod — #5486 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jarod

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,791 babies named Jarod between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarod currently holds the #5486 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 1,045 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarod performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,004 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jarod shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,013 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jarod in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jarod 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 11,791 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.