Jed
Jed is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 78 births. Its best rank was 485th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 780.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1978281 births
- Best rank
- #485in 1978
- Since 1913
- 8,869people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,869 boys have been named Jed in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 281 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 22%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jed | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 44 | |
| 1920s | 68 | |
| 1930s | 139 | |
| 1940s | 299 | |
| 1950s | 1,084 | |
| 1960s | 1,064 | |
| 1970s | 1,950 | |
| 1980s | 1,580 | |
| 1990s | 812 | |
| 2000s | 716 | |
| 2010s | 693 | |
| 2020s | 420 |
In 1978, its biggest year
Jed was the 485th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1978 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Jed
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rodrickpeak 1977
- Lydellpeak 1977
- Chetpeak 1963
- Clifftonpeak 1982
- Lonnellpeak 1970
- Riccardopeak 1979
- Desipeak 1970
- Cedricpeak 1982
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.