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Jed

Rooted in Hebrew, Jed is a boy's name that means "Hebrew, beloved of God". It has faded some since the 1970s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

EtymologyShort for Jedidiah
HebrewHebrew – "beloved of God"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
44
1920s
68
1930s
139
1940s
299
1950s
1,081
1960s
1,063
1970s
1,951
1980s
1,581
1990s
811
2000s
716
2010s
566
Peaked in the 1970s · 8,319 total U.S. births since 1900