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Jedidiah

Meaning: Beloved of Yahweh
Origin: Hebrew

Nicknames: Jed

Boy's name · #876 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Jedidiah reached its best rank, #627, in 1979 and ranked #876 in 2025. About 9,300 boys have carried it since 1971.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,124 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,804 in Canada (2025) · #14,294 in Italy (2024) · #728 in Scotland (2023) · #2,193 in Sweden (2023) · #2,824 in Ecuador (2021) · #2,552 in Austria (2019).

Famous Jedidiahs

Jedidiah Goodacre — Canadian actor (born 1989)
Jedidiah Morse — American geographer (1761–1826)
Jedidiah Jenkins — American travel writer
Jedidiah Preble — American militia officer (1707–1784)
Jedidiah Norzi — Italian rabbi and biblical commentator (1560–1626)

Spellings & nicknames

About 80 boys a year are given Jed as their full name.

Similar names: Jed · Yaakov · Jelani · Cassidy · Joziah · Jesiah

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