Jedaiah — #5763 US boys' name
233 babies named Jedaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Jedaiah was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jedaiah in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jedaiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 233 babies named Jedaiah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jedaiah currently holds the #5763 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jedaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jedaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jedaiah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jedaiah 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 233 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.
Jedaiah at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Jedaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2018)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #5763 among boys.
233 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 16 births in a single year.
Jedaiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 49% of Jedaiah's all-time total
Jedaiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jedaiah's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Jedaiah by state
Where Jedaiah concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 233 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1994–2024 (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.