Jedidah
In the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of 2 Kings 22:1, Jedidah was the mother of Josiah. She was the wife of king Amon of Judah, and the daughter of Adaiah, from Boscath.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Jedidah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
In the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of 2 Kings 22:1, Jedidah was the mother of Josiah. She was the wife of king Amon of Judah, and the daughter of Adaiah, from Boscath.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Jedidah
Jedidah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1995, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 9 births, good for #11,416 nationwide. About 54% of every Jedidah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jedidah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 69 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jedidah
Jedidah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 69 births in the dataset. Jedidah's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #11,416. Use the chart and map above to compare Jedidah'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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