Jed

#1,992 for boys in 2025, 76 births

Peak · boys
#483
1978 · 282 births
Debut · boys
1913
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,945
since 1913

Jed over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jed has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #483, 1978boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,99276
2024#1,98578
2023#1,76592
2022#2,08372
2021#1,87082
2020#1,65596
2019#2,08169
2018#2,35556
2017#1,87178
2016#2,14564
2015#1,91076
2014#1,90776
2013#2,02167
2012#2,13263
2011#1,73085
2010#2,21259
2009#1,95972
2008#2,20760
2007#2,28157
2006#1,91970
2005#1,69179
2004#1,88065
2003#1,43092
2002#1,66071
2001#1,51480
2000#1,65370
1999#1,76357
1998#1,35986
1997#1,40278
1996#1,34780
1995#1,28683
1994#1,23188
1993#1,21686
1992#1,22185
1991#1,29775
1990#1,10294
1989#907125
1988#869119
1987#818129
1986#792131
1985#733145
1984#710151
1983#652171
1982#676164
1981#567227
1980#584217
1979#575219
1978#483282
1977#537240
1976#543219
1975#550214
1974#514235
1973#639155
1972#703131
1971#692143
1970#779112
1969#762105
1968#78489
1967#86768
1966#87868
1965#91266
1964#83982
1963#78195
1962#598168
1961#583184
1960#662140
1959#674128
1958#641144
1957#694120
1956#638141
1955#638136
1954#643130
1953#701102
1952#87065
1951#86765
1950#94853
1949#91157
1948#94554
1947#97553
1946#1,47523
1945#1,44521
1944#1,57419
1943#1,43124
1942#1,62919
1941#1,63318
1940#2,17911
1939#1,48920
1938#1,61318
1937#1,99213
1936#1,96413
1935#2,39610
1934#2,02213
1933#1,82915
1932#2,46510
1931#2,00314
1930#2,17813
1929#2,45211
1928#2,38712
1927—
1926#3,7086
1925#2,58811
1924#3,0239
1923#4,2395
1922#4,3075
1921—
1920#2,9679
1919#2,51111
1918#2,8829
1917#3,2177
1916#3,1777
1915#3,8255
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1913#2,8215
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Jed! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jed
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#1,985 → #1,992)
  • 337 spots since 2020 (#1,655 → #1,992)
  • 82 spots since 2015 (#1,910 → #1,992)
  • Biggest jump: 500 spots in 1947 (#1,475 → #975)
  • Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1990 (#907 → #1,102)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1978 at #483 (282 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1947–1989
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,822
  • Highest: 1 in 5,822 boys born in 1978 were named Jed (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Jed (1,950) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s44#2,511 (1919)#3,072
1920s68#2,387 (1928)#3,209
1930s139#1,489 (1939)#1,995
1940s299#911 (1949)#1,420
1950s1,084#638 (1956)#731
1960s1,065#583 (1961)#767
1970s1,950#483 (1978)#602
1980s1,579#567 (1981)#731
1990s812#1,102 (1990)#1,322
2000s716#1,430 (2003)#1,819
2010s693#1,730 (2011)#2,036
2020s496#1,655 (2020)#1,892

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jed in 1964

boys
#839
82 births · 1 in 24,301 boys

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #839Jed82
More about 1964

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 24,301 of them was named Jed, which outranked 81.7% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jed
  1. #831Nickolas83
  2. #831Quincy83
  3. #831Trey83
  4. #839Jed82
  5. #839Anderson82
  6. #839Andreas82
  7. #839Brien82
  8. #846Bernardo81
  9. #846Cris81
  10. #846Jared81

Tied with 6 names at #839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964 →