girls:
5 births since 2021
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
284 births since 2002
#4302 (6th percentile)
overall:
289 births since 2002
#7450 (4th percentile)
The name Jedi is the #7,450 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 289 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,302 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 284 births since 2002. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2021.
Jedi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (2002 for boys and 2021 for girls). Birth data for Jedi is available in 19 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023 (19 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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.
The name Jedi has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jedi reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #894) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jedi ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 62.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jedi reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #936) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jedi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jedi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.8% confident that Jedi is pronounced as JEH-dai, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JEH-dee, at 37.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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