A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Jarrod
mid-eighties · corduroy · sunbaked
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenA 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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Jarrod grew up with
SSA DataMTV·mall arcades·the first Nintendo
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Jarrod peaked in 1980.
Estimated average age: 40.
What people think
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Jarrod sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
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Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe 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
AI-WrittenField 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
AI-WrittenJarrod Saltalamacchiabaseball player, b. 1985
Jarrod Dysonbaseball player, b. 1984
Ephemera — If Jarrod were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Bakersfield, California
Color
Forest green
Item
Ratchet strap
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