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Jed

Pronounced /d͡ʒɛd/

Rank in 2024
#1,987
Born in 2024
78
Peak year
1978 · #485
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 78 boys were named Jed, about 1 in every 21,991.
  • It peaked in 1978 with 281 babies, ranked #485.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1913.
  • 8,869 boys have been named Jed since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Jed per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 89 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 274 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,939 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,563 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,954 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,144 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 906 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A diminutive of the male given name Jedidiah.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/d͡ʒɛd/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Jed, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Jad

    Rank
    #1,350
    Born '24
    141
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20202024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Judd

    Rank
    #1,408
    Born '24
    132
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19702024