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Jaron

Masculine · “cry of rejoicing”

Jaron is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 11,228 boys against 48 girls since 1880.

1964high 2001
#2451 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare55 boys in 2025

Jaron is a cry of joy in Hebrew — from ranan, to sing aloud — and it is a modern Israeli name, not a biblical one.

How old is the name Jaron?

Jaron first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Jaron alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 11,000 people named Jaron are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Jaron most popular?

Jaron peaked in 2001, reaching #440 nationally. Today it ranks #2451, 2,011 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Jaron

Ranan names the shout of joy in Hebrew worship, and the Psalms use it constantly. Modern Israeli naming built Jaron, Ron and Rina on the root. A separate biblical Jaron is named once in Chronicles. The name appears in American records in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

cry of rejoicing

From the Hebrew yaron, 'he will sing' or 'cry out for joy', from ranan. A biblical Jaron appears once in Chronicles with a different derivation. Some American use may be a modern coinage on the Ja- front. The Hebrew verb is documented.

How the name formed

  1. ranan
  2. yaron
  3. Jaron

Related forms: ירון · Yaron · Jaren

Pronouncing Jaron

JAIR-un

Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew Yaron is ya-RON.

Nicknames for Jaron

Moderate

RonThe back of the name, and a name in its own right with a large record
JayThe front sound alone, and a name of its own with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1964–202555127605515519642025

US babies named Jaron per year from 1964 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#4401960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1964
Most boys named
2001551 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#440reached in 2001
Change vs 2024
+12.2%55 in 2025, from 49
Jaron sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2001, with 551 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Jaron in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • ירון in Hebrew — transliteration
  • Yaron in English — spelling variant
  • Jaren in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.

Jarons among us

11,000

people named Jaron are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 31,056 born in 2025 was named Jaron

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Jaron

#2451
Jaron on the 2025 chart
#859
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jaron went to 55 boys in 2025, but Jarron and Jaaron are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 69, which makes it the 859th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,592 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 24,755 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 31,056 for Jaron itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Erich test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jaron's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Erich climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Erich's path sketches the road Jaron is walking now.

40%chance Jaron will feel dated by 2040
Jaron, aligned on its peakErich· peak 1971not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+50 yrsErich · #5464Jaron today
Jaron today is about where Erich stood in 1995 — 24 years past a #441-sized peak. By 2010, Erich had settled around #3693.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Jaron sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Jaron is headed

19642030

US babies named Jaron per year, 1964 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Jaron is easing off slowly — about 15% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-15% by 2030projected around #2,834 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Jaron beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Jaron in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Jaronthis name55#2451Zaydan55#2451Zaxton55#2451Sebastien55#2451Yuvraj55#2451

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The cry-of-joy meaning is unusually vivid for a name.
  • Ron and Jay are two short forms, both with large records.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Yaron is the standard Hebrew spelling and is stressed differently.
  • Some American use may be a coinage rather than the Hebrew.
  • Jaron and Jaren are both in circulation.

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Frequently asked

How many Jarons are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 11,000 people named Jaron are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Jaron?
Jaron is the most-used spelling in US records — 55 of the 69 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Jarron and Jaaron.
How popular is the name Jaron in 2025?
Jaron ranks #2451 among US boy names in 2025, with 55 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Jaron?
About 1 in every 31,056 US boys born in 2025 was named Jaron — 55 in all.
Will my child share the name Jaron with classmates?
Jaron will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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