Jarod

Where Jarod comes from

Jarod hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #2,627 among boys, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Jarod Joseph born
    Canadian actor
  3. 1998
    Peak, #275
    1,045 babies named Jarod — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2001
    Jarod Arroyo born
    Puerto Rican swimmer
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #554.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jarod Joseph · Canadian actor, born 1985
  • Jarod Arroyo · Puerto Rican swimmer, born 2001
  • Jarod Lucas · American basketball player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.