Masculine dossier · first seen 1970

Jedediah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jedediah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

248

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1970Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

80.6%

2024

All-time

3,253

Jedediah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 248 boys were named Jedediah.

In 2024, only 48 boys were given the name.

Down 80.6% from its peak.

All told, about 3,253 Americans have been named Jedediah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1970.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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