Jarrett

Where Jarrett comes from

Variant of Garrett, a medieval form of Gerard and Gerald.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jarrett
  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1983
    Jarrett Jack born
    American basketball player
  3. 1998
    Jarrett Allen born
    American basketball player
  4. 1998
    Peak, #282
    1,020 babies named Jarrett — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #517.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use transferred back from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Jarrett Jack · American basketball player, born 1983
  • Jarrett Allen · American basketball player, born 1998
  • Jarrett Culver · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Jarrett Hurd · American boxer, born 1990
  • Jarrett Hart · British basketball player, born 1980

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.