# Jedidiah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jedidiah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “beloved of yahweh” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌd͡ʒɛdɪˈdaɪə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Jed |
| Variant spellings | Jedediah |
| US babies named this | 9,361 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,316 / 45 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 415, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יְדִידְיָה (“beloved of Yahweh”).

## What it means

Jedidiah is grouped under god and love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | 13,124 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,498 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,547 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,632 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,375 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,601 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,170 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,937 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 238 | 879 |
| 2012 | 238 | 881 |
| 2013 | 245 | 867 |
| 2014 | 300 | 776 |
| 2015 | 343 | 719 |
| 2016 | 327 | 745 |
| 2017 | 362 | 688 |
| 2018 | 348 | 695 |
| 2019 | 335 | 726 |
| 2020 | 344 | 723 |
| 2021 | 303 | 807 |
| 2022 | 314 | 802 |
| 2023 | 268 | 875 |
| 2024 | 314 | 802 |
| 2025 | 274 | 876 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,281 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 33 | 929 |
| 2024 | 32 | 968 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## People named Jedidiah

- Jedidiah Goodacre, Canadian actor
- Jedidiah Morse, American geographer and clergyman (1761-1826)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.