Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jebediah

#5,657 most common boys' name of all time · #14,103 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among boys
#5,657
Rank overall
#14,103 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
760
Since 2016
215
Peak year
2016 #3,720
Best rank
#2,128 1978
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
198020002020

Jebediah first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 23 23 #4,447
2024 — 24 24 #4,362
2023 — 20 20 #4,953
2022 — 17 17 #5,508
2021 — 27 27 #3,949
2020 — 13 13 #6,390
2019 — 26 26 #4,057
2018 — 14 14 #6,142
2017 — 22 22 #4,519
2016 — 29 29 #3,720
2015 — 28 28 #3,821
2014 — 26 26 #3,942
2013 — 16 16 #5,493
2012 — 11 11 #7,184
2011 — 13 13 #6,382
2010 — 12 12 #6,818
2009 — 18 18 #5,190
2008 — 10 10 #7,904
2007 — 9 9 #8,404
2006 — 19 19 #4,748
2005 — 18 18 #4,713
2004 — 13 13 #5,936
2003 — 13 13 #5,687
2002 — 18 18 #4,407
2001 — 21 21 #3,905
2000 — 17 17 #4,481
1999 — 6 6 #9,072
1998 — 6 6 #8,864
1996 — 13 13 #4,744
1995 — 6 6 #8,203
1994 — 8 8 #6,644
1993 — 11 11 #5,204
1992 — 7 7 #6,987
1991 — 5 5 #8,812
1990 — 7 7 #6,797
1989 — 7 7 #6,625
1988 — 5 5 #7,812
1987 — 10 10 #4,464
1986 — 8 8 #5,160
1985 — 7 7 #5,555
1984 — 12 12 #3,648
1983 — 13 13 #3,383
1982 — 11 11 #3,918
1981 — 14 14 #3,195
1980 — 18 18 #2,719
1979 — 22 22 #2,303
1978 — 23 23 #2,128
1977 — 21 21 #2,267
1976 — 13 13 #3,079
1975 — 8 8 #4,260
1974 — 15 15 #2,670
1973 — 7 7 #4,483