Jarrad — boys' name
1,897 babies named Jarrad in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Jarrad was born in this single decade.
94 babies were named Jarrad in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jarrad
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,897 babies named Jarrad between 1966 and 2015, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarrad currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 94 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarrad performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 796 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jarrad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Jarrad in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jarrad 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 1,897 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.
Jarrad at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jarrad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1966
- Peak year (1988)
- 94
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
1,897 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 94 births in a single year.
Jarrad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 796 births that decade — 42% of Jarrad's all-time total
Jarrad decade highlights
- Peak decade 796 births
- Runner-up 468 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jarrad's strongest decade
796 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Jarrad by state
Where Jarrad concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 102 | 5.4% |
| #2 | California | | 88 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 74 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 50 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 31 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 22 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 22 | 1.2% |
102 of 1,897 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 2.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jarrad appears in 16 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, 1966–2015 (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.