Jedadiah vs Jedd
American parents have registered 900 Jedds since 1880, against 537 Jedadiahs. Jedd is still ahead, with 9 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Jedadiah Jedd
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 72 years in which either name was published, Jedd for 56 years and Jedadiah for 16 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1953–1977 Jedd ahead
- 1978–1989 Jedadiah ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1990–2025 Jedd ahead, apart from 2 short spells
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Jedadiah | Jedd | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 537 | 900 |
| Most in one year | 41 | 26 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 9 |
| Estimated living today | 510 | 840 |
| Median age today | 38 | 35 |
| Peak year | 1979 | 1983 |
| Best rank | 1,464th boys | 2,017th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 8,243rd |
| First recorded | 1977 | 1953 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 537 | 0 / 900 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Jedadiahs alive today are over 38; half the Jedds are over 35. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Jedadiah and Jedd.