Given name & surname
Jarrett
“one who is strong with the spear”
Jarrett is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who is strong with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who is strong with the spear.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jarrett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22,970
- 22,892 boys · 78 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 1,020 babies
- 2025
- 57
- #2,406 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 57 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,406 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,020 in 1998. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 19,020 as a first name in 2020; 21,099 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.
Jarrett’s family of names
In English usage, Jarrett has a related form in Garrett. Jarrett has a related form in Jarret. Jarrett has a related form in Jarett.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Jarrett
- Jarrett JackAmerican basketball player (born 1983)
- Jarrett AllenAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- Jarrett CulverAmerican basketball player (born 1999)
- Jarrett HurdAmerican boxerborn 1990
- Jarrett StidhamAmerican football player (born 1996)
- Jarrett BushAmerican football playerborn 1984
- Jarrett SchaeferFilm director, writerborn 1979
- Jarrett HartBritish basketball player (born 1980)
- Jarrett HoffpauirAmerican baseball playerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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