Given name & surname
Jaron
“a song of rejoicing”
Jaron is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a song of rejoicing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a song of rejoicing.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,276
- 11,228 boys · 48 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 557 babies
- 2025
- 55
- #2,461 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 55 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,461 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 551 in 2001. In 2025, Pennsylvania and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,146 as a first name in 2020; 151 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaron’s family of names
Jaron has a related form in Jaren. Jaron has a related form in Jarren. Jaron has a related form in Jerron.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jarrenvariant
- Jarenvariant
- Jarronvariant
- Jerronvariant
- Jarinvariant
- Jerrinvariant
- Jeranvariant
- Jarynvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jaron
- Jaron LanierAmerican computer scientist, musician, and authorborn 1960
- Jaron BlossomgameAmerican basketball player (born 1993)
- Jaron JohnsonAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
- Jaron BrownAmerican football player (born 1990)
- Jaron LowensteinAmerican singerborn 1974
- Jaron SchäferGerman footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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