Jedadiah — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jedadiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 537 babies named Jedadiah between 1977 and 2018, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jedadiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jedadiah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jedadiah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jedadiah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jedadiah 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 537 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.