Jedidiah

Jedidiah was the #874 boys' name in the US in 2025 (274 babies), and #1,124 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Jedidiah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Jedidiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Jedidiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#874 (274)#1,124 (26)—#1,804 (11)
2024#800 (314)#968 (32)—#1,056 (23)
2023#874 (268)#929 (33)#728 (3)#1,234 (17)
2022#802 (314)#1,469 (17)—#1,415 (14)
2021#807 (303)#1,391 (18)—#1,151 (19)
2020#722 (344)#1,723 (13)—#1,129 (19)
2019#725 (335)#2,266 (9)—#2,189 (7)
2018#695 (348)#1,382 (18)—#1,056 (20)
2017#687 (362)#1,546 (16)—#1,038 (21)
2016#744 (327)#1,704 (14)—#1,159 (18)
2015#719 (343)#1,902 (12)—#1,122 (18)
2014#776 (300)#1,281 (20)—#1,565 (11)
2013#867 (245)#1,183 (21)—#1,380 (13)
2012#880 (238)#1,589 (15)—#1,781 (9)
2011#877 (238)#1,522 (15)—#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #722.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jedidiah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 7,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jedidiah by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #856TXFlorida: #704FL
Jedidiah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Jedidiah (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JedidiahCanadaBoys#1,80411
JedidiahEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
JedidiahEngland & WalesBoys#1,12426
JedidiahNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JedidiahScotlandBoys—too few
JedidiahUSGirls#14,9425
JedidiahUSBoys#874274