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Jedidiah

#876 in 2025Boys' name

Beloved of Yahweh

Jedidiah has been given to 9,361 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #876 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 362 recorded.

Babies named Jedidiah, 2025

1 in 12,100

Jedidiah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jedidiah: meaning, origin, and history

Beloved of Yahweh

Hebrew

What Jedidiah means

Jedidiah means “beloved of Yahweh”, associated with יְדִידְיָה.

Origin, language, and formation

Jedidiah is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Jedidiah comes through Hebrew יְדִידְיָה.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Jedidiah is pronounced /ˌd͡ʒɛdɪˈdaɪə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,316 boys were recorded with the name Jedidiah between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 362 in 2017; its best national rank was #627 in 1979.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #723 in 2020 to #876 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #719 in 2015 to #876 in 2025.

In the United States, 45 girls were recorded with the name Jedidiah between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2008; its best national rank was #13,118 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #14,165 in 2020 to #15,933 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,626 in 2015 to #15,933 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jedidiah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,100
274 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,230
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#876
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,388 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jedidiah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,388 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jedidiah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jedidiahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jedidiah was born before 2010 — so the typical Jedidiah is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
65.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
9,316
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.0% of all recorded uses (2,977).

Is Jedidiah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−74
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−153
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−157
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
75.7%
Peak was 2017 (362)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#627
1979

Spellings of Jedidiah

Jedidiah is the most-used spelling, taking 46.8% of the 19,890 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jedidiah is used

Across 2016–2025, Jedidiah was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 1,429 boys, against 1 in 5,643 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 33,333).

370 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 1,429
  2. 2Alaska1 in 1,786
  3. 3Idaho1 in 3,226
  4. 4Oregon1 in 3,226
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 3,448
  6. 6Colorado1 in 3,571
  7. 7Washington1 in 3,704
  8. 8Indiana1 in 4,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Jedidiah is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 77% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Jedidiah around the world

Where Jedidiah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,124
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,105
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1986–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jedidiah

People whose public names include Jedidiah, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jedidiah in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Jedidiah. Linked forms have their own page here.

JedediahJedidjaYedidia

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Jedidiah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#876
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 153
Best rank ever
#627
1979
Peak year
2017
362 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,316
Count in 2025
274

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,933
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,768
Best rank ever
#13,118
1998
Peak year
2008
7 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
45
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Jedidiah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jedidiah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jedidiah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Jedidiah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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