How rare is the name Jaron?

9,146 people in the United States have the first name Jaron, about 1 in 33,023. It ranks #2,611 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JARON

#2,611

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,146
About
1 in 33,023
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,146 people named Jaron, 47.3% reported their origin as White, 34.6% as Black and 6.9% as two or more races. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaron peaked in 2001, when 557 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
557
In 2025*
55 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,276 babies have been given the name since 1964. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jaron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,190. The largest share of babies named Jaron, 43.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#10,96629
1970s#2,666590
1980s#1,3712,175
1990s#1,1903,481
2000s#1,4463,264
2010s#2,8861,357
2020s#4,770380
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–806.5%
Millennials 1981–9640.5%
Generation Z 1997–1243.2%
2013 and later9.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jaron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaron has been most common in Utah (5.6×), Hawaii (2.5×), and Louisiana (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.16×).

8,503 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jaron

1 other first name also has 9,146 people.

#2,611 Ayesha · 9,146

Either side of Jaron

#2,610 Averie · 9,147#2,611 Ayesha · 9,146#2,613 Marietta · 9,123#2,614 Loraine · 9,120

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaron, most common first.

#4,021 Jaren · 4,827#10,586 Jarron · 1,249#10,995 Jarom · 1,186#11,376 Jarin · 1,130#13,837 Jaryn · 864#15,409 Jairon · 747#18,554 Jayron · 580#30,089 Jaaron · 291

Also a last name

As a last name, Jaron ranks #120,768 of 156,621, with 151 people. See Jaron as a last name

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