Jedidiah

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Jedediah, or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name Yedidia, meaning "beloved of Jah".

From Wikipedia

Jedidiah first appears in the data in 1971 and has been recorded in 54 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 362 babies (rank #688 that year). In 2024 it was given to 310 boys (rank #808). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Jedidiah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jedidiah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9,075
Total babies (all years)
54
Years in the data
362
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19715#5,259
19728#3,781
19738#3,869
197417#2,397
197525#1,912
197626#1,902
197788#908
1978143#702
1979187#627
1980185#639
1981172#652
1982148#716
1983131#756
1984111#832
1985127#789
1986122#825
1987145#760
1988138#806
1989120#928
1990116#972
1991115#1,002
1992117#1,006
1993125#962
1994119#1,018
1995110#1,075
1996115#1,061
1997114#1,113
1998114#1,125
1999107#1,199
2000121#1,147
2001120#1,153
2002104#1,297
2003148#1,052
2004128#1,198
2005156#1,064
2006158#1,110
2007169#1,084
2008166#1,107
2009194#1,013
2010241#873
2011238#879
2012238#881
2013245#867
2014300#776
2015343#719
2016327#745
2017362#688
2018348#695
2019335#726
2020344#722
2021303#807
2022313#803
2023266#880
2024310#808