Recorded 1973–2022 Boys' name Peak 2001 1,244 births

Jarom — boys' name

1,244 babies named Jarom in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s1631980s2251990s2872000s3902010s1592020s20
2000s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Jarom was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

55 babies were named Jarom in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jarom

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,244 babies named Jarom between 1973 and 2022, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarom currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarom performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 390 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jarom shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 411 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arizona and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jarom in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jarom 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 1,244 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.

Jarom at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

1,244

Since 1973

50 years of records

Peak year

2001

55 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1973

Recorded for 50 years

Last year on file: 2022

Jarom popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1973

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2001)
55
Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
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Jarom by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
390 births that decade — 31% of Jarom's all-time total
1970s1631980s2251990s2872000s3902010s1592020s20

Jarom by state

Where Jarom concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Regionally concentrated
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Jarom
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Utah
411 33.0%
#2 Arizona
57 4.6%
#3 California
48 3.9%
#4 Idaho
37 3.0%
Utah share of Jarom's total US births 33.0%
Even split

411 of 1,244 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jarom?
1,244 babies have been named Jarom since 1973. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2001 with 55 births.
When was Jarom most popular?
Jarom was most popular in the 2000s decade with 390 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Jarom most popular?
The top states for the name Jarom are Utah (411 births), Arizona (57 births), California (48 births).
How long has the name Jarom been used?
Jarom has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 50 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Jarom?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jared, Jarrod, Jarrett, Jarvis, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1973–2022 (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.