Jarod
- Pronunciation
- [Ja-rod]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Descending
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Jarod
Jarod is a Hebrew-origin name with the meaning "descending" — a sense connected to the Hebrew root yarad (יָרַד), meaning "to descend" or "to go down." The name Jared, of which Jarod is a variant spelling, appears in the Hebrew Bible in the genealogies of Genesis, where Jared is a patriarch in the line from Adam to Noah. Jarod's spelling with -od rather than -ed is a phonetic variant that aligns the name's written form more closely with its spoken sound in American English without altering its biblical and Hebrew heritage.
Jarod first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and peaked in 2001 at rank #388. The name's chart run was brief, lasting only through 2004, with 168 births at rank #989 recorded that final year. Total top-1000-qualifying births across the short window came to approximately 2,056. The name's brief but real chart presence in the early 2000s coincides with a broader Jared/Jarrod popularity cluster; Jarod captured a small portion of that demand before the cluster as a whole receded. Recorded variants include Jarid, Jarrad, Jarrod, Jerad, Jerod, Jerrad, and Jerrod — a wide family of phonetic variants built on the same Hebrew root.
Jarod's biblical depth and its transparent phonetic spelling give it an accessible character within an ancient naming tradition, and its variant family illustrates the remarkable range of orthographic creativity that the Jared sound cluster inspired in American naming culture during the early 2000s.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Jarod
US Popularity History (2000–2004)
Annual US births named Jarod by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 656 boys named Jarod (boy rank #388 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2004, ranked #989 for boys (168 US births). That's 601 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jarod Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2002–2011 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jarod the strongest states are Alabama, Ohio, Indiana.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | #562 | 19 |
| 2 | Ohio | #586 | 62 |
| 3 | Indiana | #632 | 26 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #652 | 26 |
| 5 | Arizona | #658 | 26 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #681 | 30 |
| 7 | Florida | #774 | 60 |
| 8 | Texas | #804 | 63 |
| 9 | Michigan | #828 | 40 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #880 | 33 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #880 | 33 |
| 2 | Michigan | #828 | 40 |
| 3 | Texas | #804 | 63 |
| 4 | Florida | #774 | 60 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #681 | 30 |
| 6 | Arizona | #658 | 26 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #652 | 26 |
| 8 | Indiana | #632 | 26 |
| 9 | Ohio | #586 | 62 |
| 10 | Alabama | #562 | 19 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2002–2011. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jarod in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarid | He Descends. | Male | Hebrew |
| Jarrad | Variant Of The French Name Gervaise Spearman. | Male | English |
| Jarrod | Spear Strong. Variant And Surname Form Of Garrett From Gerald. | Male | English |
| Jerad | Variant Of Garrett Rules By The Spear. | Male | English |
| Jerod | Variant Of Garrett Rules By The Spear. | Male | English |
| Jerrad | Variant Of Garrett Rules By The Spear. | Male | English |
| Jerrod | Variant Of Garrett Rules By The Spear. | Male | English |
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Compare Jarod to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Jarod against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).