Jared

#29 in South Dakota

Meaning of Jared

Jared, commonly pronounced JAIR-ed, traces back to the Hebrew Yered, “he descends,” a meaning wryly echoed by the name’s slow slide down the U.S. popularity charts after its late-1990s heyday. In the Old Testament, Jared is the sixth patriarch after Adam and the father of Enoch, lending the name an ancient, quietly authoritative aura. Modern culture has kept it in circulation through figures as varied as actor-musician Jared Leto and NFL quarterback Jared Goff, proof that the name can wear both black-tie drama and Sunday-afternoon shoulder pads without blinking. Stateside statistics show it peaking at No. 54 in 1999 before settling near the mid-300s today—still respectable territory for parents who like a name with biblical pedigree, an Anglo-American feel, and just enough familiarity to spare it perpetual spelling tutorials. In short, Jared offers a solid blend of tradition and approachability, with a built-in story that descends from antiquity without ever quite going out of style.

Pronunciation

British English

  • Pronunced as JAIR-ed (/ˈdʒeərɪd/)

American English

  • Pronunced as JAIR-ed (/ˈdʒɛrəd/)

U.S. Popularity Chart

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Notable People Named Jared

Jared Kushner is an American businessman and investor who, as the son-in-law of Donald Trump through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, served as a senior advisor and directed the Office of American Innovation from 2017 to 2021.
Jared Leto is an American actor and musician known for method roles, an Academy Award and Golden Globe, and as frontman of Thirty Seconds to Mars.
Jared Polis is an American politician and businessman who has served as governor of Colorado since 2019 after five terms in the US House and earlier service on the state board of education.
Jared Whelan Remy, son of late Red Sox player and broadcaster Jerry Remy, pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend Jennifer Martel and was fired from the Red Sox security staff after an MLB investigation implicated him in steroid distribution.
Jared Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author, a MacArthur fellow best known for Guns, Germs, and Steel, which won the Pulitzer Prize, and ranked among the top public intellectuals worldwide.
Jared Huffman is a Democratic lawyer and politician who has represented California's 2nd Congressional District along the North Coast since 2013, after serving in the state assembly and chairing environmental committees, and he first won his seat in 2012 with over 70 percent of the vote.
Former New Zealand rugby league prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves last played for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League and represented New Zealand internationally.
Jared Lorenzen was an American quarterback who set passing records at Kentucky, played for the New York Giants, and became the heaviest quarterback to play in the NFL, earning the nickname Hefty Lefty.
Jared Harris is a British actor known for Mad Men, The Crown, and Chernobyl, earning a BAFTA TV Award and multiple Emmy nominations.
American actor Jared Padalecki is best known as Sam Winchester on Supernatural, rising to fame in the early 2000s with Gilmore Girls and films like Flight of the Phoenix, House of Wax, and Friday the 13th.
Jared Evan Moskowitz is a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida who previously served as a Broward County commissioner, the state’s emergency management director, and a state legislator for the Coral Springs-Parkland area.
Jared James Walsh is an American baseball first baseman and outfielder, now a free agent, who has played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers.
Jared Isaacman is an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut who founded Shift4 Payments and Draken International, helped spur competition in private spaceflight, and has an estimated net worth of 1.4 billion dollars as of May 2025.
Jared Rivers is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL for Melbourne and Geelong.
Jared Donaldson is an American former tennis player from Glocester, Rhode Island who won both singles and doubles at the 2015 Royal Lahaina Challenger and was the only American to qualify for the inaugural 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals as the fifth seed.
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