Jebediah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jeb-eh-DY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Jebediah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Jebediah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jedidiah
“beloved of God”
Jedidiah, 'beloved of the Lord', was the name the prophet Nathan gave to Solomon.
Is Jebediah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jebediah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jebediah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Jebediah, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Jebediah in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jebediah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
Nicknames for Jebediah
- Jeb 14 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Jebediah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jeremiah, Jedidiah, Azariah, Josiah, Zachariah, Ibrahim, Jasiah, Zechariah, Messiah, Musa, Nehemiah, Jesiah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jebediah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jebediah, updated 20 October 2026.