How Many People Are Named Jed?
people named Jed are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 44,399 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,945 babies named Jed in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
282 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of JEDIDIAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jed in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jed alive today is about 41 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jed first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1978, to 282 babies. In 2025, 76 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jed has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #484, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #1,999.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,999 |
| Best rank | #484 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #586 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jed alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jed were born in California than in any other state: about 607 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jed was given 14.5 times as often in Utah, 3.6 times in Idaho and 2.7 times in Minnesota.
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