Jedediah
Jedediah, or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name Yedidia, meaning "beloved of Jah". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah was the second or blessing name given by God through the prophet Nathan in infancy to Solomon, second son of King David and Bathsheba.
Meaning & Origin of Jedediah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jedediah, or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name Yedidia, meaning "beloved of Jah". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah was the second or blessing name given by God through the prophet Nathan in infancy to Solomon, second son of King David and Bathsheba.
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The Story of Jedediah
Jedediah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1970, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1979, when 248 Jedediahs were born — ranking #542 that year. As of 2026, Jedediah ranks #2,871 for baby boys with 44 births, gradually falling (-8%). In total, more than 3K Jedediahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Jedediah
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- Jedediah Berry (born 1977), American writer
- Jedediah Bila (born 1979), American writer and commentator
- Jedediah Buxton (1707–1772), English mathematician
- Jedediah Slason Carvell (1832–1894), Canadian businessman and politician
- Jedediah Dupree (born 1979), American fencer and fencing coach
- Jedediah Foster (1726–1779), American judge
- Jedediah M. Grant (1816–1856), American religious leader
- Jedediah Herrick (1780–1847), American general
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Names that sound like Jedediah
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About the name Jedediah
Jedediah is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Jedediah's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #542. Use the chart and map above to compare Jedediah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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