Jed
#1,992 for boys in 2025, 76 births
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 282 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,945since 1913
Jed over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jed has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,992 | 76 |
| 2024 | #1,985 | 78 |
| 2023 | #1,765 | 92 |
| 2022 | #2,083 | 72 |
| 2021 | #1,870 | 82 |
| 2020 | #1,655 | 96 |
| 2019 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | #2,355 | 56 |
| 2017 | #1,871 | 78 |
| 2016 | #2,145 | 64 |
| 2015 | #1,910 | 76 |
| 2014 | #1,907 | 76 |
| 2013 | #2,021 | 67 |
| 2012 | #2,132 | 63 |
| 2011 | #1,730 | 85 |
| 2010 | #2,212 | 59 |
| 2009 | #1,959 | 72 |
| 2008 | #2,207 | 60 |
| 2007 | #2,281 | 57 |
| 2006 | #1,919 | 70 |
| 2005 | #1,691 | 79 |
| 2004 | #1,880 | 65 |
| 2003 | #1,430 | 92 |
| 2002 | #1,660 | 71 |
| 2001 | #1,514 | 80 |
| 2000 | #1,653 | 70 |
| 1999 | #1,763 | 57 |
| 1998 | #1,359 | 86 |
| 1997 | #1,402 | 78 |
| 1996 | #1,347 | 80 |
| 1995 | #1,286 | 83 |
| 1994 | #1,231 | 88 |
| 1993 | #1,216 | 86 |
| 1992 | #1,221 | 85 |
| 1991 | #1,297 | 75 |
| 1990 | #1,102 | 94 |
| 1989 | #907 | 125 |
| 1988 | #869 | 119 |
| 1987 | #818 | 129 |
| 1986 | #792 | 131 |
| 1985 | #733 | 145 |
| 1984 | #710 | 151 |
| 1983 | #652 | 171 |
| 1982 | #676 | 164 |
| 1981 | #567 | 227 |
| 1980 | #584 | 217 |
| 1979 | #575 | 219 |
| 1978 | #483 | 282 |
| 1977 | #537 | 240 |
| 1976 | #543 | 219 |
| 1975 | #550 | 214 |
| 1974 | #514 | 235 |
| 1973 | #639 | 155 |
| 1972 | #703 | 131 |
| 1971 | #692 | 143 |
| 1970 | #779 | 112 |
| 1969 | #762 | 105 |
| 1968 | #784 | 89 |
| 1967 | #867 | 68 |
| 1966 | #878 | 68 |
| 1965 | #912 | 66 |
| 1964 | #839 | 82 |
| 1963 | #781 | 95 |
| 1962 | #598 | 168 |
| 1961 | #583 | 184 |
| 1960 | #662 | 140 |
| 1959 | #674 | 128 |
| 1958 | #641 | 144 |
| 1957 | #694 | 120 |
| 1956 | #638 | 141 |
| 1955 | #638 | 136 |
| 1954 | #643 | 130 |
| 1953 | #701 | 102 |
| 1952 | #870 | 65 |
| 1951 | #867 | 65 |
| 1950 | #948 | 53 |
| 1949 | #911 | 57 |
| 1948 | #945 | 54 |
| 1947 | #975 | 53 |
| 1946 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,445 | 21 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
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| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Jed! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jed is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#116 · 1 in 715
- Idaho#148 · 1 in 885
- Minnesota#156 · 1 in 1,551
- Nebraska#175 · 1 in 1,450
- Wisconsin#197 · 1 in 2,142
Best ever in a state: #113 in Utah, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #116 | 25 | 1 in 715 |
| Idaho | #148 | 9 | 1 in 885 |
| Minnesota | #156 | 19 | 1 in 1,551 |
| Nebraska | #175 | 8 | 1 in 1,450 |
| Wisconsin | #197 | 15 | 1 in 2,142 |
| Iowa | #199 | 10 | 1 in 2,108 |
| Colorado | #267 | 9 | 1 in 2,237 |
| Washington | #281 | 10 | 1 in 2,678 |
| Kansas | #301 | 5 | 1 in 3,116 |
| Oregon | #315 | 6 | 1 in 3,019 |
| Pennsylvania | #331 | 16 | 1 in 4,585 |
| Arizona | #345 | 7 | 1 in 2,712 |
| New Jersey | #352 | 11 | 1 in 3,762 |
| Massachusetts | #373 | 5 | 1 in 6,630 |
| Virginia | #387 | 7 | 1 in 4,574 |
| Indiana | #479 | 5 | 1 in 7,861 |
| New York | #484 | 19 | 1 in 5,803 |
| Louisiana | #552 | 6 | 1 in 5,508 |
| Georgia | #554 | 6 | 1 in 6,293 |
| California | #609 | 20 | 1 in 8,446 |
| Ohio | #615 | 6 | 1 in 12,845 |
| Florida | #648 | 6 | 1 in 8,501 |
| Texas | #815 | 9 | 1 in 12,791 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 7 spots since 2024 (#1,985 → #1,992)
- 337 spots since 2020 (#1,655 → #1,992)
- 82 spots since 2015 (#1,910 → #1,992)
- Biggest jump: 500 spots in 1947 (#1,475 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1990 (#907 → #1,102)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1978 at #483 (282 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1947–1989
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,822
- Highest: 1 in 5,822 boys born in 1978 were named Jed (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 21.8% of all boys named Jed (1,950) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 44 | #2,511 (1919) | #3,072 |
| 1920s | 68 | #2,387 (1928) | #3,209 |
| 1930s | 139 | #1,489 (1939) | #1,995 |
| 1940s | 299 | #911 (1949) | #1,420 |
| 1950s | 1,084 | #638 (1956) | #731 |
| 1960s | 1,065 | #583 (1961) | #767 |
| 1970s | 1,950 | #483 (1978) | #602 |
| 1980s | 1,579 | #567 (1981) | #731 |
| 1990s | 812 | #1,102 (1990) | #1,322 |
| 2000s | 716 | #1,430 (2003) | #1,819 |
| 2010s | 693 | #1,730 (2011) | #2,036 |
| 2020s | 496 | #1,655 (2020) | #1,892 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jed in 1978
boys
#483
282 births · 1 in 5,822 boys
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,822 of them was named Jed, which outranked 92.9% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).