Jebediah
Jebediah is a boy's name that peaked in 2016, when it was the 3,681st most popular in the United States. In 2025 it ranked 4,396th. About 740 Jebediahs are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 19.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Jebediah
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 760
- Estimated living today
- 740
- Median age today
- 19
- Peak year
- 2016
- Best rank
- 3,681st
- Rank in 2025
- 4,396th
- First recorded
- 1973
How old the living Jebediahs are
born that year still alive today
Of the 760 babies given the name since 1973, about 740 are alive — 97 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 2006 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where the name comes from
Apparently an alteration of Jedediah or Jedidiah, perhaps influenced by Obadiah. All early attestations are mistaken references to persons actually named Jedediah or Jedidiah.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where Jebediah is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 2016
The most popular boys’ names the year Jebediah peaked:
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Jebediah against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.