Yedidya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yeh-dee-DYAH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Yedidya is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved of God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Yedidya mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Jedidiah
“beloved of God”
In the Bible the prophet Nathan gives King Solomon the name Jedidiah.
Is Yedidya a girl's or a boy's name?
Yedidya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yedidya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Yedidya, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Yedidya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yedidya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Names like Yedidya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Yahya Asaiah Ibrahim Zamir Yahir Hamza Yeshua Yehuda Azaiah Muhammad Salem
More Hebrew names
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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, “Yedidya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yedidya, updated 20 October 2026.