Jedediah
Jedediah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. Its best rank was 542nd, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1979248 births
- Best rank
- #542in 1979
- Since 1970
- 3,253people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,253 boys have been named Jedediah in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 248 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 32%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Jedediah was the 542nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1979 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Jedediah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anwarpeak 1978
- Zebulonpeak 1979
- Andraepeak 1982
- Senecapeak 1977
- Tavarespeak 1977
- Rasheenpeak 1979
- Shaunpeak 1978
- Jeremiepeak 1976
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.