Jed
Boy · JED · Hebrew
Jed is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved of God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 1,992nd for boys in the US (76 babies).
What does Jed mean?
Hebrew: short form of Jedidiah
“beloved of God”
- Say it
- JED
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Is Jed a girl's or a boy's name?
Jed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 76 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Jed, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 151 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Jed since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Jed in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Jed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 39 | #889 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,077 |
| 2010 | 43 | #771 |
| 2009 | 83 | #486 |
| 2008 | 107 | #392 |
| 2007 | 105 | #383 |
| 2006 | 111 | #348 |
| 2005 | 112 | #315 |
| 2004 | 105 | #322 |
| 2003 | 112 | #300 |
| 2002 | 106 | #292 |
| 2001 | 106 | #296 |
| 2000 | 113 | #282 |
| 1999 | 134 | #257 |
| 1998 | 120 | #265 |
| 1997 | 148 | #236 |
| 1996 | 151 | #228 |
How popular is Jed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,992among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 76about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 76 boys in the US were named Jed, making it the 1,992nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,655th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 282 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Jed in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 boys in the US were given Jed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,628, up from #1,992 for this spelling alone.
- Jed 76
- Jedd 9
Jed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #1,992 |
| 2024 | 78 | #1,985 |
| 2023 | 92 | #1,765 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,082 |
| 2021 | 82 | #1,869 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,354 |
| 2017 | 78 | #1,871 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 76 | #1,910 |
| 2014 | 76 | #1,906 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,131 |
| 2011 | 85 | #1,729 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 57 | #2,281 |
| 2006 | 70 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 79 | #1,688 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 92 | #1,428 |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 80 | #1,510 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,649 |
| 1999 | 57 | #1,760 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,356 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,399 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,345 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,281 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,227 |
| 1993 | 86 | #1,211 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,217 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,291 |
| 1990 | 94 | #1,098 |
| 1989 | 125 | #904 |
| 1988 | 119 | #868 |
| 1987 | 129 | #817 |
| 1986 | 131 | #792 |
| 1985 | 145 | #733 |
| 1984 | 151 | #710 |
| 1983 | 171 | #652 |
| 1982 | 164 | #676 |
| 1981 | 227 | #567 |
| 1980 | 217 | #584 |
| 1979 | 219 | #575 |
| 1978 | 282 | #483 |
| 1977 | 240 | #537 |
| 1976 | 219 | #543 |
| 1975 | 214 | #550 |
| 1974 | 235 | #514 |
| 1973 | 155 | #639 |
| 1972 | 131 | #703 |
| 1971 | 143 | #692 |
| 1970 | 112 | #779 |
| 1969 | 105 | #762 |
| 1968 | 89 | #784 |
| 1967 | 68 | #867 |
| 1966 | 68 | #878 |
| 1965 | 66 | #912 |
| 1964 | 82 | #839 |
| 1963 | 95 | #781 |
| 1962 | 168 | #598 |
| 1961 | 184 | #583 |
| 1960 | 140 | #661 |
| 1959 | 128 | #673 |
| 1958 | 144 | #640 |
| 1957 | 120 | #693 |
| 1956 | 141 | #637 |
| 1955 | 136 | #637 |
| 1954 | 130 | #642 |
| 1953 | 102 | #700 |
| 1952 | 65 | #869 |
| 1951 | 65 | #866 |
| 1950 | 53 | #947 |
| 1949 | 57 | #910 |
| 1948 | 54 | #944 |
| 1947 | 53 | #974 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
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