Jarl
Jarl is a name of Scandinavian origin. Notable people with the name include:
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norse Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Jarl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jarl is a name of Scandinavian origin. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norse Mythology
- Old Norse
The Story of Jarl
American parents first put Jarl on the record books as a baby boy name in 1919, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1926, when 8 Jarls were born — ranking #3,139 that year. About 26% of every Jarl on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Jarl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 137 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jarl
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jarl. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Jarle
Names that sound like Jarl
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About the name Jarl
Jarl is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 137 births in the dataset. Jarl's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #3,139. Use the chart and map above to compare Jarl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.