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.

Jedediah

#2,302 most common boys' name of all time · #5,542 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#2,302
Rank overall
#5,542 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
3,298
Since 2016
504
Peak year
1979 #542
Best rank
#542 1979
Girls Boys peak 248/yr
198020002020

Jedediah first appears in 1970. 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 — 45 45 #2,809
2024 — 48 48 #2,732
2023 — 44 44 #2,865
2022 — 51 51 #2,631
2021 — 66 66 #2,159
2020 — 51 51 #2,527
2019 — 45 45 #2,786
2018 — 49 49 #2,600
2017 — 41 41 #2,910
2016 — 64 64 #2,155
2015 — 60 60 #2,244
2014 — 76 76 #1,913
2013 — 69 69 #2,000
2012 — 42 42 #2,841
2011 — 31 31 #3,460
2010 — 41 41 #2,894
2009 — 21 21 #4,646
2008 — 28 28 #3,777
2007 — 27 27 #3,840
2006 — 20 20 #4,585
2005 — 25 25 #3,754
2004 — 24 24 #3,784
2003 — 38 38 #2,651
2002 — 30 30 #3,060
2001 — 26 26 #3,358
2000 — 35 35 #2,652
1999 — 28 28 #2,992
1998 — 36 36 #2,420
1997 — 34 34 #2,421
1996 — 29 29 #2,652
1995 — 39 39 #2,127
1994 — 48 48 #1,816
1993 — 48 48 #1,781
1992 — 48 48 #1,769
1991 — 60 60 #1,477
1990 — 47 47 #1,726
1989 — 56 56 #1,491
1988 — 67 67 #1,260
1987 — 65 65 #1,201
1986 — 76 76 #1,073
1985 — 96 96 #933
1984 — 96 96 #899
1983 — 128 128 #771
1982 — 116 116 #826
1981 — 142 142 #727
1980 — 206 206 #611
1979 — 248 248 #542
1978 — 193 193 #601
1977 — 124 124 #766
1976 — 56 56 #1,153
1975 — 27 27 #1,830
1974 — 26 26 #1,829
1973 — 31 31 #1,585
1972 — 15 15 #2,527
1971 — 7 7 #4,315
1970 — 9 9 #3,515