Jedediah — #2722 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jedediah

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,253 babies named Jedediah between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jedediah currently holds the #2722 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 248 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jedediah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,048 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jedediah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 395 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jedediah in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jedediah 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 3,253 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.