Yedidya

#10,638 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Jedidiah

Yedidya has been given to 152 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #10,638 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Yedidya, 2025

1 in 474,000

Yedidya over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Yedidya: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Jedidiah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yedidya means

Yedidya is a form of Jedidiah.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Yedidya → Jedidiah. The family’s meaning is “beloved of Yahweh”, recorded in English with the source elements יְדִידְיָה.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jedidiah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 152 boys were recorded with the name Yedidya between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2019; its best national rank was #6,509 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,973 in 2020 to #10,638 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,589 in 2015 to #10,638 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.

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How common is Yedidya?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,638; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Yedidya 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yedidya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yedidyas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yedidya was born before 2016 — so the typical Yedidya is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 40.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 88.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 152; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 40.8% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Yedidya 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: +1,656; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,335; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −49; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 63.6%; Peak was 2019 (11)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,509; 1985

Where Yedidya is used

Across 1910–2025, Yedidya was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,812,807 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Jersey1 in —
2New York1 in —

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. Yedidya has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Yedidya around the world

Where Yedidya 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
2012–2022
#4,790
in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Yedidya by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,638
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,335
Best rank ever: #6,509; 1985
Peak year: 2019; 11 that year
First recorded: 1985
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 152
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Yedidya

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

Yediel Yedaiah

Sibling names for Yedidya

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Adelle Keren

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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