Jedediah
Boy · Hebrew
Jedediah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).
What does Jedediah mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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Is Jedediah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jedediah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jedediah in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 boys.
Jedediah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Jedediah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,797among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 38,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Jedediah, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 248 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Jedediah in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jedediah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,797 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,156 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,234 |
| 2014 | 76 | #1,906 |
| 2013 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 35 | #2,616 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,790 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,764 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,745 |
| 1991 | 60 | #1,461 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,471 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,246 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,193 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,066 |
| 1985 | 96 | #927 |
| 1984 | 96 | #891 |
| 1983 | 128 | #763 |
| 1982 | 116 | #823 |
| 1981 | 142 | #726 |
| 1980 | 206 | #608 |
| 1979 | 248 | #542 |
| 1978 | 193 | #601 |
| 1977 | 124 | #762 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,144 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
Names like Jedediah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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