Jed Boy
How popular is Jed?
#1,992 boy name in 2025
76 baby boys were named Jed in the US in 2025, making it the 1992nd most popular boy name.
Jed popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,992 for boys (▼ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 76 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,910 in 2015, #1,655 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1978 (282 boys) |
| Highest rank | #483 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jed counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jed family of names ranked #1,582 for boys in 2025 (#1,468 the year before), with 85 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jed | 76 | 89% |
| Jedd | 9 | 11% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jed is most popular
Babies named Jed per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Jed by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 44 | #2,510 |
| 1920s | 68 | #2,387 |
| 1930s | 139 | #1,489 |
| 1940s | 299 | #910 |
| 1950s | 1,084 | #637 |
| 1960s | 1,065 | #583 |
| 1970s | 1,950 | #483 |
| 1980s | 1,579 | #567 |
| 1990s | 812 | #1,098 |
| 2000s | 716 | #1,428 |
| 2010s | 693 | #1,729 |
| 2020s | 496 | #1,655 |
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Questions
- Is Jed a boy or girl name?
- Jed is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jed were boys.
- How popular is the name Jed?
- 76 baby boys were named Jed in the US in 2025, making it the 1992nd most popular boy name.
- When was Jed most popular?
- Jed peaked in 1978, when 282 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #483 in 1978.
- How many people are named Jed?
- 8,945 babies have been named Jed in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,758 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Jed most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jed was most common in Tennessee, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.