Jed — #1982 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jed

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,869 babies named Jed between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jed currently holds the #1982 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 281 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jed performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,950 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jed shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 671 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Jed in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jed 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 8,869 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.