Jedidiah
Jedidiah is ranked 808th among boys in 2024 (310 births). Its best rank was 627th, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- #808up 72 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3100.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2017362 births
- Best rank
- #627in 1979
- Since 1971
- 9,035people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,035 boys have been named Jedidiah in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 362 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 776 → 808).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 33%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2017, its biggest year
Jedidiah was the 688th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Jedidiah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yoelpeak 2019
- Boepeak 2015
- Hanpeak 2018
- Muradpeak 2016
- Marwanpeak 2017
- Maherpeak 2023
- Aryehpeak 2024
- Shmuelpeak 2022
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.