Jarred

Where Jarred comes from

The dictionaries list Jarred as a given name — a male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], variant of Jared — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #1,891 among boys, 17 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Jarred Gillett born
    Australian soccer referee
  3. 1988
    Peak, #364
    552 babies named Jarred — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1999
    Jarred Vanderbilt born
    American basketball player
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #683.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], variant of Jared.
Namesakes
  • Jarred Vanderbilt · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Jarred Gillett · Australian soccer referee, born 1986
  • Jarred Tinordi · American ice hockey player, born 1992
  • Jarred Rome · American discus thrower, 1976–2019
  • Jarred Bidwell · Australian rower, born 1987

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.