Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Jedediah

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Variant of Jedidiah Beloved of Jehovah.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jedediah

Pronunciation

j(e)-de-diah

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1979 (rank #539, 249 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2798, 45 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202545
202448
202344
202251
202166
202051
201945
201849
201741
201664

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #3357, 5 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5115, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20174
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence