Boys' name · since 1979
Jerediah
27 babies named Jerediah in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,673 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1979
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jerediah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 27 have been recorded since 1979.
Jerediah has 27 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2020.
- #26,673 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1979
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerediah ranks #26,673 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1979, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,673 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1979
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jerediah's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerediah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jerediah splits its recorded history at 2015: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jerediah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2020
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Jerediah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (8 births, 30% of the file).
1970s was Jerediah's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Jerediah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 8 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Jerediah's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (8 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jerediah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1979–2020 (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 Jerediah 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.