Jared Forename
5,740th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 183,069 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Kenya
Jared Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘descending'. Occasionally used as a christian name, especially in the USA, since the 17th C.
Jared Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 125,427 | 1:2,890 | 504 |
| Kenya | 100% | 27,731 | 1:1,670 | 319 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,921 | 1:5,596 | 834 |
| Australia | - | 3,272 | 1:4,174 | 597 |
| Philippines | 97% | 3,237 | 1:32,749 | 2,810 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,215 | 1:24,620 | 3,176 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,057 | 1:2,205 | 415 |
| Mexico | 75% | 1,927 | 1:64,424 | 2,087 |
| England | 100% | 1,853 | 1:30,007 | 1,680 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,773 | 1:29,773 | 2,640 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 543 | 1:327,006 | 11,833 |
| Brazil | 100% | 515 | 1:415,993 | 14,515 |
| Thailand | 100% | 476 | 1:147,197 | 10,835 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Spain | 100% | 402 | 1:115,746 | 3,121 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Uganda | 100% | 283 | 1:144,724 | 5,725 |
| Chile | 90% | 273 | 1:64,495 | 2,029 |
| DR Congo | 93% | 205 | 1:360,135 | 13,694 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 197 | 1:6,911 | 1,119 |
| Congo | 96% | 195 | 1:25,688 | 2,445 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 173 | 1:60,296 | 3,762 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 171 | 1:178,070 | 10,656 |
| Nicaragua | 89% | 171 | 1:35,195 | 2,013 |
| Honduras | 100% | 162 | 1:54,429 | 2,383 |
| Germany | 100% | 135 | 1:716,132 | 6,494 |
| Singapore | 100% | 135 | 1:46,571 | 6,660 |
| Peru | 94% | 130 | 1:244,550 | 5,863 |
| China | - | 127 | 1:10,756,345 | 59,696 |
| Japan | - | 108 | 1:1,185,056 | 16,046 |
| Malawi | 100% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 105 | 1:153,414 | 2,689 |
| Wales | 100% | 98 | 1:31,575 | 1,392 |
| Scotland | 100% | 93 | 1:57,531 | 1,719 |
| India | 100% | 61 | 1:19,916,032 | 471,357 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 57 | 1:296,528 | 9,349 |
| Panama | 100% | 57 | 1:68,536 | 3,970 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 57 | 1:529,858 | 13,992 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 54 | 1:10,758 | 1,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 53 | 1:153,817 | 13,456 |
| Ethiopia | - | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Botswana | - | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| El Salvador | - | 39 | 1:162,610 | 2,629 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Sweden | 100% | 35 | 1:281,654 | 8,745 |
| Iraq | - | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Russia | 100% | 34 | 1:4,242,168 | 21,891 |
| Liberia | 100% | 33 | 1:133,699 | 5,306 |
| France | 100% | 32 | 1:2,077,198 | 12,077 |
| Ecuador | - | 30 | 1:590,897 | 5,857 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 27 | 1:1,208,278 | 13,684 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:2,270 | 503 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 27 | 1:304,204 | 5,947 |
| Zambia | - | 27 | 1:587,215 | 12,545 |
| Colombia | 93% | 25 | 1:1,911,157 | 16,382 |
| Guyana | 100% | 23 | 1:33,185 | 3,507 |
| Costa Rica | 94% | 22 | 1:216,725 | 4,817 |
| Belize | 100% | 21 | 1:16,872 | 2,067 |
| Norway | 100% | 20 | 1:256,616 | 5,928 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 20 | 1:9,717,884 | 69,757 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Hong Kong | - | 17 | 1:456,043 | 4,226 |
| Indonesia | - | 16 | 1:16,122,729 | 440,799 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Italy | 96% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Belgium | 100% | 12 | 1:957,503 | 11,814 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11 | 1:322,755 | 3,178 |
| Taiwan | - | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| Denmark | - | 10 | 1:564,950 | 8,399 |
| Jamaica | - | 10 | 1:288,323 | 8,750 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 10 | 1:562,757 | 6,675 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Iceland | 100% | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Benin | 100% | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| Bolivia | - | 8 | 1:1,325,176 | 3,878 |
| Israel | 90% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Cameroon | - | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Finland | 100% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Georgia | - | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Jaréd (2), Járed (1) & Jarèd (1) are calculated separately.
Jared (6,530) may also be a surname.
Jared Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘descending'. Occasionally used as a christian name, especially in the USA, since the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew (masculine) - Ruler.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Jay'-red, he that descends or commands. The father of Enoch. Gen. v. 15.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a descender.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Offspring: one that rules.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jared Forename Popularity
Jared Demographics
Average Jared Salary in
United States
$43,265 USD
Per year
Rank:
207,707 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0275534
Rank: 560 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
99.39%
Sample size: 52,499 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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