How popular is the name Jed?

Jed ranks 1,154th among boys' names in US records, with 8,869 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 763.

Is Jed a unisex name?

No. Jed is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1978, when 281 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#1,154 of boy names

Pronounced JH EH1 D (ARPABET)

Jed is a boys' name, and first appears in 1913. It has been given to 8,869 children — the 1,154th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1978, when 281 children were given it.

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jed?: Jed ranks 1,154th among boys' names in US records, with 8,869 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 763.
Is Jed a unisex name?: No. Jed is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jed most popular?: 1978, when 281 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.