A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME

Jarrod

/ˈdʒɛr.əd/ · boy name · outside the top 1,000 in 2025
mid-eighties · corduroy · sunbaked

Origin & Meaning

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A variant spelling of the Hebrew name Jared, generally translated as descent. The spelling entered the national record abruptly in 1965, largely introduced by the television western The Big Valley and its lawyer eldest brother. American parents favored it through the late 1970s as a slightly sharper alternative to the single-r original.
Also answers toRod

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1965–2025

SSA Data
1965 peak: 1,150 souls, A.D. 1980 2025
2025: 12 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
40 yrs
Most Jarrods were born around 1980 — once maintained a CD binder with real conviction.
Peak Reign
1980
№213 that year
Generation
Millennial, 48%
then Gen X 34% · Gen Z 16%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈25K ever born · now falling
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Estimates from SSA birth records and standard survival rates. Immigration and name changes not counted.

Jarrod grew up with

SSA Data
MTV·mall arcades·the first Nintendo

Generation Distribution — Living Jarrods

SSA Data
Gen X 34%Millennial 48%Gen Z 16%Gen Alpha 2%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data
SSA: Jarrod peaked in 1980.
Estimated average age: 40.

What people think

Opinion Ledger
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First Impressions

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The name lands squarely in the cohort that remembers rewinding cassette tapes with a pencil. A Jarrod is usually pictured at forty, entirely at ease operating a table saw and capable of assembling flat-pack shelving without looking at the manual. The second r guarantees a lifetime of spelling it out over the phone. It reads like a name built for a truck with manual roll-down windows.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01
The name first appeared in the records in 1965 and reached its peak in 1980 with about one thousand births.
Field Note 02
About forty-eight percent of all living bearers are Millennials, followed by thirty-four percent in Generation X.
Field Note 03
Use has receded steadily since the mid-1980s, registering twelve births in 2025.

Notable Jarrods

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Jarrod Saltalamacchiabaseball player, b. 1985
Jarrod Dysonbaseball player, b. 1984

Adjacent Names

Ephemera — If Jarrod were a…

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City
Bakersfield, California
Color
Forest green
Item
Ratchet strap
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