boys:
8.8k births since 1913
#1259 (73rd percentile)
overall:
8.8k births since 1913
#2883 (63rd percentile)
The name Jed is the #2,883 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,791 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 62.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,259 (72.5% percentile) for all time with 8,791 births since 1913.
Jed first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Jed is available in 108 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jed reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 37.0% percentile (ranked #426) with 164 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 164 births per million (ranked 37.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jed ranks #824 for boys (9.6% percentile) with 50 births per million, which is 30.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jed".
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