boy's name

Jedd

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,092

Scotland

#423

1995 births

Jedd is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1953.

Jedd over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

165
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jedd by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 49
1960s 85
1970s 162
1980s 165
1990s 129
2000s 98
2010s 119
2020s (to 2025) 93

How popular is Jedd?

In 2025, Jedd was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jedd is used

Scotland #423 3 in 1995
Canada #3,391 5 in 2017
England & Wales #6,286 3 in 2024
United States #8,686 9 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jedd

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jedd also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jedd over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jedd

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jedd — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jedd

How popular is the name Jedd?

In 2025, Jedd was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Jedd a girl's or a boy's name?

Jedd is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jedd most popular?

Jedd peaked in 1983, when 26 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Jedd a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jedd currently ranks #8,686 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.