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Jedidiah

Means “beloved of Yahweh”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #719, 2016: #744, 2017: #687, 2018: #695, 2019: #725, 2020: #722, 2021: #807, 2022: #802, 2023: #874, 2024: #800, 2025: #8741 in 6,234 boys in the US, 2025#874 · falling · was #719 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,902, 2016: #1,704, 2017: #1,546, 2018: #1,382, 2019: #2,266, 2020: #1,723, 2021: #1,391, 2022: #1,469, 2023: #929, 2024: #968, 2025: #1,1241 in 10,459 boys in E&W, 2025#1,124 · rising · was #1,902 in 2015

Boy’s name · Hebrew · /ˌd͡ʒɛdɪˈdaɪə/

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What Jedidiah means

Means “beloved of Yahweh”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Jedidiah” (revision 82276106), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jedidiah?

US 2025
#874
274 babies
▼ 74 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1124
26 babies
▼ 156 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #719 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1902 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2020)

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 344 boys got the name (#722 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

  • About 1 in 6,234 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 10,459 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (2.2 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.81 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.46 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Jedidiah is #874 in the US and #1124 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#8742741 in 6,234#719
England & Wales#1124261 in 10,459#1902
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.2% of US babies named Jedidiah were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20255274
England & Wales 2025426
US all years since 1880459,316
England & Wales since 19967408

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/ˌd͡ʒɛdɪˈdaɪə/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Jedediah45 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

  • Jedediah

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Jedidiah

Boys

  • Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”
  • Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Elliott#160“my God is Yahweh”
  • Jethro#952Editor’s note Up from #1,481 in 2015 to #952 in 2025 in the US
  • Abel#231Editor’s note Down from #124 in 2015 to #231 in 2025 in the US
  • Ari#393“lion”

For a sister

  • Lena#279“the Large River”
  • Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”
  • Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”
  • Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”
  • Zara#212“flower”
  • Ari#614“lion”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jedidiah’s. Rank is US 2025.

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