Jed

Where Jed comes from

The dictionaries list Jed as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Jedidiah — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Jed Allan born
    American actor
  3. 1963
    Jed Brophy born
    New Zealand film actor
  4. 1978
    Peak, #483
    282 babies named Jed — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #792.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Jedidiah.
Namesakes
  • Jed Brophy · New Zealand film actor, born 1963
  • Jed Allan · American actor, 1935–2019
  • Jed Steer · English association football player, born 1992
  • Jed Whedon · American screenwriter and musician, born 1974
  • Jed Graef · American swimmer, born 1942

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.