Jarreau — boys' name
152 babies named Jarreau in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
152 boys have been named Jarreau since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2002.
- 152
- total births
- 1977–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
76% of everyone ever named Jarreau was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Jarreau in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jarreau
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Jarreau between 1977 and 2002, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarreau currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarreau performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jarreau shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jarreau in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jarreau 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 152 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.
Jarreau at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jarreau popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1977
- Peak year (1983)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
152 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 21 births in a single year.
Jarreau by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 115 births that decade — 76% of Jarreau's all-time total
Jarreau decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jarreau's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Jarreau by state
Where Jarreau concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 152 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1977–2002 (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.