Recorded 1977–2016 Boys' name Peak 1978 181 births

Jebadiah — boys' name

181 babies named Jebadiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s231980s461990s292000s492010s34
2000s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Jebadiah was born in this single decade.

1978
Single peak year

14 babies were named Jebadiah in 1978 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jebadiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Jebadiah between 1977 and 2016, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jebadiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jebadiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jebadiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jebadiah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 181 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Jebadiah at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

181

Since 1977

40 years of records

Peak year

1978

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1977

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2016

Jebadiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1977

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1978)
14
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
46810121416 201620112005200119951990198519811977 9

Jebadiah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
49 births that decade — 27% of Jebadiah's all-time total
1970s231980s461990s292000s492010s34

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jebadiah?
181 babies have been named Jebadiah since 1977. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1978 with 14 births.
When was Jebadiah most popular?
Jebadiah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 49 total births. The single peak year was 1978.
How long has the name Jebadiah been used?
Jebadiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 40 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Jebadiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jeb, Jebediah, Jebidiah, Jebb, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.