Jarret — boys' name
3,431 babies named Jarret in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
3,431 boys have been named Jarret since 1946, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 3,431
- total births
- 1946–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Jarret was born in this single decade.
136 babies were named Jarret in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jarret
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,431 babies named Jarret between 1946 and 2023, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarret currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 136 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarret performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,076 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jarret shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 220 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jarret in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jarret 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 3,431 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.
Jarret at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jarret popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1946
- Peak year (1990)
- 136
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
3,431 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 136 births in a single year.
Jarret by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,076 births that decade — 31% of Jarret's all-time total
Jarret decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,076 births
- Runner-up 931 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jarret's strongest decade
1,076 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Jarret by state
Where Jarret concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 220 | 6.4% |
| #2 | California | | 219 | 6.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 208 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 186 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 86 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 83 | 2.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 60 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 56 | 1.6% |
220 of 3,431 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- New York 6.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.4% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jarret appears in 22 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, 1946–2023 (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.