Name Awesome

Jaret

#5,486 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jaret has been given to 2,991 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #5,486 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 354 recorded.

Babies named Jaret, 2025

1 in 195,000

Jaret over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jaret: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jaret means

Jaret is a given name.

The naming story behind Jaret

Wikidata records Jaret as a given name. The entity identifier is Q6160140, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,969 boys were recorded with the name Jaret between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 354 in 1998; its best national rank was #556 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,786 in 2020 to #5,486 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,476 in 2015 to #5,486 in 2025.

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Jaret between 1998 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2002; its best national rank was #14,328 in 2002.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jaret?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,486
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jaret sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jaret. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jarets were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jaret was born before 1998 — so the typical Jaret is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
32.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
36.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,969
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 32.7% of all recorded uses (971).

Is Jaret rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,001
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,300
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+990
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.31×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.8%
Peak was 1998 (354)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#556
1998

Spellings of Jaret

Jaret is not the most common spelling — James is, with 85.5% against Jaret's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jaret is used

Across 1910–2025, Jaret was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 119,504 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 25,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Nebraska1 in 100,000
  8. 8Nevada1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jaret has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jaret around the world

Where Jaret ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2007
    #3,589
    in 2007
  • Canada
    1991–2003
    #1,561
    in 2003
  • South Australia
    1993–1998
    #534
    in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jaret

People whose public names include Jaret, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jaret by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,486
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,300
Best rank ever
#556
1998
Peak year
1998
354 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,969
Count in 2025
17

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#14,328
2002
Peak year
2002
6 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
22
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jaret

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JarretJaradJarenJarekJarellJaromJarettJarelJarrenJarielJarinJarethJariusJaronJarodJarronJarynJarrellJaridJarredJarisJarayJarradJarvis

Names with a curve like Jaret

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jaret, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JajuanNicklasOsbaldoRahulChristainNicklausDajuanJustynFlavioMikalTyreTyran

Sibling names for Jaret

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Jaret

Top names of 1998, Jaret's peak yearThe 1990s in fullOther names that peaked in 1998Boys' names starting with J