Jedediah comes from the Hebrew tradition, meaning Beloved of the Lord.
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How popular is Jedediah?
1979peak year
The name Jedediah reached its peak in 1979, with 248 registrations (ranked #542). It had only entered records 9 years earlier, in 1970. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2558) today, averaging about 52 new babies per year. Jedediah's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 3,253 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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