Jarrod — #4731 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jarrod

The Social Security Administration has registered 25,273 babies named Jarrod between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarrod currently holds the #4731 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 1,145 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarrod performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 9,181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jarrod shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jarrod in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jarrod 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 25,273 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.