Jed

Boy · recorded 1913–2025

  • #1,992in 2025
  • 1 in 22,474boys in 2025
  • +12%last ten years

Most popular in 1978.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

08617219131941196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 110 recorded years as a table
Jed, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
19156
19168
19178
19189
191911
19208
19225
19235
19248
192510
19265
192811
192910
193012
193113
193210
193315
193413
193510
193613
193712
193816
193918
19409
194115
194214
194317
194414
194516
194614
194729
194831
194932
195030
195135
195233
195352
195464
195566
195667
195756
195868
195960
196066
196187
196281
196347
196441
196535
196638
196739
196851
196959
197060
197181
197281
197399
1974149
1975137
1976140
1977146
1978172
1979127
1980122
1981127
198290
198395
198484
198578
198671
198769
198862
198962
199046
199137
199243
199344
199446
199544
199642
199741
199845
199930
200036
200141
200237
200347
200433
200540
200634
200727
200829
200936
201031
201145
201233
201335
201440
201540
201634
201742
201831
201938
202056
202147
202241
202354
202445
202544

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jed isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
76
Rank in 2025
#1,992
How rare
1 in 22,474 boys
Since 1913
8,945

Most popular in 1978, at 172 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 12% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.