Given name
Jarren
“a song of rejoicing”
Jarren is a variant of Jaron. One interpretation is “a song of rejoicing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jarren is a variant of Jaron. One interpretation is “a song of rejoicing.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jarren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,230
- 2,220 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 107 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,778 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,778 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 102 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,883 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jarren
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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