Boys' name · since 2002
Jedi
Jedi has 306 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,029 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jedi currently ranks #8029 among boys' names in America, with 306 babies recorded since 2002.
Jedi has 306 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8029 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, 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 2002 to 2025.
- #10,464 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,029 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 306 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jedi ranks #10,464 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,029 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 306 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,029 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jedi's 306 recorded births place it above 76.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Jedi compares
306 46th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jedi's all-time total is 17% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jedi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 306 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jedi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jedi splits its recorded history at 2015: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jedi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Jedi popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2021 (Jedi as girls' name)
Jedi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (174 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Jedi's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Jedi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 39
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
174 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 174 births (57% of all-time use).
Jedi by state
Where Jedi concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 25 | 8.2% |
25 of 306 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jedi's data
- Jedi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (174 total births) through the 2020s (93) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jedis (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jedi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Jedi 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.