Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jed” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jed” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jed” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jed” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jed” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jed” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jed” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jed” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 18 0.000007388 18 -100%
1942 19 0.000006955 19 -100%
1943 24 0.000008503 24 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 23 0.000007198 23 -100%
1947 53 0.000014713 53 -100%
1948 54 0.000015641 54 -100%
1949 57 0.000016357 57 -100%
1950 53 0.000015128 53 -100%
1951 65 0.000017645 65 -100%
1952 65 0.000017114 65 -100%
1953 102 0.000026468 102 -100%
1954 130 0.000032658 130 -100%
1955 136 0.000033872 136 -100%
1956 141 0.000034198 141 -100%
1957 120 0.000028557 120 -100%
1958 144 0.000034834 144 -100%
1959 128 0.000030784 128 -100%
1960 139 0.000033463 139 -100%
1961 184 0.00004442 184 -100%
1962 168 0.000041632 168 -100%
1963 95 0.000024001 95 -100%
1964 82 0.000021093 82 -100%
1965 66 0.000018205 66 -100%
1966 68 0.000019565 68 -100%
1967 68 0.00002003 68 -100%
1968 89 0.000026344 89 -100%
1969 105 0.000030213 105 -100%
1970 112 0.000031055 112 -100%
1971 143 0.000041662 143 -100%
1972 131 0.00004168 131 -100%
1973 155 0.000051377 155 -100%
1974 235 0.000077303 235 -100%
1975 214 0.000070875 214 -100%
1976 219 0.000072175 219 -100%
1977 241 0.00007587 241 -100%
1978 281 0.000088535 281 -100%
1979 219 0.000065825 219 -100%
1980 217 0.000062999 217 -100%
1981 227 0.000065619 227 -100%
1982 164 0.000046751 164 -100%
1983 172 0.000049663 172 -100%
1984 151 0.000043282 151 -100%
1985 145 0.000040626 145 -100%
1986 131 0.000036828 131 -100%
1987 129 0.000035778 129 -100%
1988 119 0.000032205 119 -100%
1989 125 0.000032514 125 -100%
1990 94 0.000023783 94 -100%
1991 75 0.000019254 75 -100%
1992 85 0.000022128 85 -100%
1993 86 0.00002281 86 -100%
1994 88 0.000023671 88 -100%
1995 83 0.000022664 83 -100%
1996 80 0.000021935 80 -100%
1997 78 0.000021513 78 -100%
1998 86 0.000023381 86 -100%
1999 57 0.000015431 57 -100%
2000 70 0.000018519 70 -100%
2001 80 0.000021371 80 -100%
2002 71 0.000018993 71 -100%
2003 92 0.000024196 92 -100%
2004 65 0.000017012 65 -100%
2005 79 0.000020547 79 -100%
2006 70 0.000017694 70 -100%
2007 57 0.000014258 57 -100%
2008 60 0.000015265 60 -100%
2009 72 0.000018847 72 -100%
2010 59 0.000015964 59 -100%
2011 85 0.000023238 85 -100%
2012 63 0.000017226 63 -100%
2013 67 0.000018378 67 -100%
2014 76 0.000020505 76 -100%
2015 76 0.000020535 76 -100%
2016 64 0.000017445 64 -100%
2017 78 0.000021811 78 -100%
2018 56 0.000015928 56 -100%
2019 69 0.000019879 69 -100%
2020 96 0.000028738 96 -100%
2021 82 0.000024203 82 -100%
2022 72 0.000021282 72 -100%
2023 92 0.000027785 92 -100%
2024 78 0.000023434 78 -100%

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