Jedi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JED-eye
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Jedi is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Jedi mean?
Modern: invented for Star Wars
From the Jedi knights of Star Wars; George Lucas is said to have drawn on jidaigeki, the Japanese term for samurai period dramas.
Is Jedi a girl's or a boy's name?
Jedi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jedi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Jedi, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jedi than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Jedi in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jedi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Jedi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasai Jakai Jakari Jaxton Bodhi Jamari Jettson Jax Kamari Jamir Jasiah Zayden
Names related to Jedi
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Jedi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jedi, updated 20 October 2026.