Jedadiah

Peak · boys
1979 · 41 births
Debut · boys
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
537
since 1977

Jedadiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jedadiah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,464, 1979boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2018#12,1565
2017#12,2465
2016#12,1855
2015#9,5687
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2013#12,1365
2012#9,7097
2011#10,8086
2010#10,7666
2009#7,69210
2008#11,0376
2007#5,90114
2006#8,7328
2005#8,2998
2004#8,9277
2003#10,8945
2002#10,6675
2001#7,5368
2000#10,3495
1999#5,65611
1998#5,84010
1997#6,1009
1996#6,4968
1995#3,19121
1994#4,29014
1993#7,6386
1992#6,6707
1991#4,76011
1990#5,8238
1989#3,20518
1988#3,20316
1987#2,72519
1986#2,36023
1985#2,50420
1984#3,92510
1983#2,57718
1982#2,05926
1981#1,86530
1980#1,52440
1979#1,46441
1978#1,68832
1977#2,55617
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five boys were named Jedadiah! It came in at #2,556, and was given to 17 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2013–2014, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jedadiah is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jedadiah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jedadiah
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1979 at #1,464 (41 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 41,989
  • Highest: 1 in 41,989 boys born in 1979 were named Jedadiah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 363,232 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 41.0% of all boys named Jedadiah (220) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s90#1,464 (1979)#1,903
1980s220#1,524 (1980)#2,595
1990s105#3,191 (1995)#5,646
2000s76#5,901 (2007)#9,003
2010s46#9,568 (2015)#11,197

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.

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