Jedidiah — #809 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jedidiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,035 babies named Jedidiah between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jedidiah currently holds the #809 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 362 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jedidiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,977 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jedidiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jedidiah in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jedidiah 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 9,035 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.