Boys' name · since 1978
Jebidiah
112 babies named Jebidiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,669 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 112
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jebidiah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 112 have been recorded since 1978.
Jebidiah has 112 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2020.
- #16,669 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 112 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jebidiah ranks #16,669 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 112 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,669 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 112
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jebidiah's 112 recorded births place it above 63.27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jebidiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jebidiah's full recorded timeline at 2005, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jebidiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2020
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Jebidiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (37 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Jebidiah's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jebidiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 37 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Jebidiah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jebidiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jebidiah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.