Jedediah
#2,798 for boys in 2025, 45 births
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 248 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,298since 1970
Jedediah over time
Rank among boys' names. Jedediah has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,798 | 45 |
| 2024 | #2,715 | 48 |
| 2023 | #2,848 | 44 |
| 2022 | #2,616 | 51 |
| 2021 | #2,157 | 66 |
| 2020 | #2,505 | 51 |
| 2019 | #2,766 | 45 |
| 2018 | #2,579 | 49 |
| 2017 | #2,891 | 41 |
| 2016 | #2,145 | 64 |
| 2015 | #2,234 | 60 |
| 2014 | #1,907 | 76 |
| 2013 | #1,989 | 69 |
| 2012 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,434 | 31 |
| 2010 | #2,874 | 41 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #3,022 | 30 |
| 2001 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #2,621 | 35 |
| 1999 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #2,394 | 36 |
| 1997 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #2,102 | 39 |
| 1994 | #1,795 | 48 |
| 1993 | #1,769 | 48 |
| 1992 | #1,750 | 48 |
| 1991 | #1,467 | 60 |
| 1990 | #1,702 | 47 |
| 1989 | #1,476 | 56 |
| 1988 | #1,249 | 67 |
| 1987 | #1,195 | 65 |
| 1986 | #1,067 | 76 |
| 1985 | #927 | 96 |
| 1984 | #891 | 96 |
| 1983 | #763 | 128 |
| 1982 | #823 | 116 |
| 1981 | #726 | 142 |
| 1980 | #608 | 206 |
| 1979 | #542 | 248 |
| 1978 | #601 | 193 |
| 1977 | #762 | 124 |
| 1976 | #1,144 | 56 |
| 1975 | #1,787 | 27 |
| 1974 | #1,790 | 26 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jedediah! It came in at #3,282, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Jedediah is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wyoming#131 · 1 in 713
- Utah#132 · 1 in 760
- Oregon#207 · 1 in 1,614
- Colorado#236 · 1 in 1,979
- Wisconsin#277 · 1 in 3,837
Best ever in a state: #131 in Wyoming, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #131 | 5 | 1 in 713 |
| Utah | #132 | 25 | 1 in 760 |
| Oregon | #207 | 12 | 1 in 1,614 |
| Colorado | #236 | 11 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Wisconsin | #277 | 9 | 1 in 3,837 |
| Minnesota | #299 | 7 | 1 in 4,447 |
| Iowa | #305 | 5 | 1 in 4,433 |
| Indiana | #337 | 10 | 1 in 4,106 |
| Massachusetts | #339 | 6 | 1 in 5,652 |
| Arizona | #363 | 7 | 1 in 2,989 |
| Ohio | #377 | 15 | 1 in 5,359 |
| Missouri | #422 | 6 | 1 in 6,122 |
| Pennsylvania | #445 | 10 | 1 in 7,607 |
| Washington | #475 | 5 | 1 in 5,927 |
| Illinois | #567 | 11 | 1 in 7,614 |
| New York | #620 | 12 | 1 in 9,251 |
| California | #622 | 21 | 1 in 8,559 |
| Texas | #975 | 7 | 1 in 17,617 |
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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.
See more about Jedediah
- 83 spots since 2024 (#2,715 → #2,798)
- 293 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #2,798)
- 564 spots since 2015 (#2,234 → #2,798)
- Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1977 (#1,144 → #762)
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1986 (#927 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1979 at #542 (248 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1977–1985
- Highest: 1 in 6,942 boys born in 1979 were named Jedediah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,957 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.8% of all boys named Jedediah (1,048) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 736 | #542 (1979) | #1,784 |
| 1980s | 1,048 | #608 (1980) | #973 |
| 1990s | 417 | #1,467 (1991) | #2,090 |
| 2000s | 274 | #2,620 (2003) | #3,567 |
| 2010s | 518 | #1,907 (2014) | #2,563 |
| 2020s | 305 | #2,157 (2021) | #2,607 |
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.
Jedediah in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 6,942 of them was named Jedediah, which outranked 92.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.