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Jerrod

#6,622 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Jared

Jerrod has been given to 9,371 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #6,622 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1983, with 370 recorded.

Babies named Jerrod, 2025

1 in 255,000

Jerrod 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jerrod: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jared

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jerrod means

Jerrod is a variant of Jared.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jerrod → Jared. The family’s meaning is “descent”, recorded in the naming reference for Jared.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jared.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,361 boys were recorded with the name Jerrod between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 370 in 1983; its best national rank was #426 in 1983.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,341 in 2020 to #6,622 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,828 in 2015 to #6,622 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Jerrod between 1982 and 1985. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1982; its best national rank was #11,187 in 1982.

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 Jerrod?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,622
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jerrod 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jerrod. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jerrods were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jerrod was born before 1985 — so the typical Jerrod is around 40 today.

Median birth year
1985
About 40 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
36.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
10.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
9,356
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Choose a decade

1980s — 36.3% of all recorded uses (3,400).

Is Jerrod 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
+395
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,281
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,794
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.31×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
3.5%
Peak was 1983 (370)
Years since peak
42
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#426
1983

Spellings of Jerrod

Jerrod is not the most common spelling — Jerry is, with 79.9% against Jerrod's 1.2%.

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 Jerrod is used

Across 1910–2025, Jerrod was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 23,733 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

014 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 7,143
  2. 2Kansas1 in 10,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in 14,286
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 14,286
  5. 5Florida1 in 14,286
  6. 6Maryland1 in 14,286
  7. 7Ohio1 in 14,286
  8. 8Texas1 in 14,286

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. Jerrod has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jerrod around the world

Where Jerrod 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.

  • Canada
    1991–1999
    #1,253
    in 1999
  • South Australia
    1994–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jerrod

People whose public names include Jerrod, 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.

Jerrod by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,622
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,281
Best rank ever
#426
1983
Peak year
1983
370 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,361
Count in 2025
13

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,187
1982
Peak year
1982
5 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
1985
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jerrod

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

JerodJeromyJerrellJeraldJerichoJeroldJeriahJeremieJeredJerronJerelJerellJeremiJermiahJermelJeramyJersonJerroldJerimiahJeremiasJeronJeramiahJerielJarod

Names with a curve like Jerrod

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

KristoferArronToryDustyKoryAntioneCedrickAntwanDerikJeremeyCourtneyJeramy

Sibling names for Jerrod

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

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