Jarren — #5285 US boys' name
2,199 babies named Jarren 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.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Jarren was born in this single decade.
102 babies were named Jarren in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jarren
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,199 babies named Jarren between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarren currently holds the #5285 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 102 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarren performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 780 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jarren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 187 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jarren in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jarren 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 2,199 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.
Jarren at a glance
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Current rank
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Jarren popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2001)
- 102
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #5285 among boys.
2,199 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 102 births in a single year.
Jarren popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1993 (Jarren as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jarren accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jarren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 780 births that decade — 35% of Jarren's all-time total
Jarren decade highlights
- Peak decade 780 births
- Runner-up 602 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jarren's strongest decade
780 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Jarren by state
Where Jarren concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 187 | 8.5% |
| #2 | California | | 168 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 31 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 21 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 20 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 17 | 0.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Utah | | 16 | 0.7% |
187 of 2,199 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.5% of nationwide
- California 7.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jarren 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, 1973–2024 (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.