Jebediah
2025 SSA
About Jebediah
Like its better known cousin Jedidiah, Jebediah is one of those four-syllable Old Testament names that is being shorn of its long white-bearded image, with the help of its modern-sounding Jeb nickname.
Pop culture references: The Australian alternate rock band Jebediah, and the founder of the Simpson's hometown, Jebediah Springfield.
Jeb Bush, by the way, was not born Jebediah: J.E.B. are his initials, as in John Ellis Bush.
Pronounced jeb-uh-DY-uh.
As of October 2026, Jebediah ranked #4460 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2102 in 1978, Nameberry popularity #574.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,952 | 26 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | #3,821 | 28 | 14.6 |
| 2016 | #3,727 | 29 | 15.3 |
| 2017 | #4,526 | 22 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,051 | 26 | 14.5 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,949 | 27 | 15.4 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,962 | 20 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | #4,352 | 24 | 13.9 |
| 2025 | #4,460 | 23 | 13.5 |
World rankings
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Jebediah in pop culture
- Jebediah Obadiah Zachariah Jedediah Springfield
fictional founder of Springfield hometown of TV's "The Simpsons"
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character in Stephenie Meyer's novel 'The Host'
- Jebediah "Jeb" Guthrie
mutant in X,Men and Rom comics
- Jebediah "Jeb" Holt
character in "Splintered"
- Jebediah
Australian alternative rock band formed 1994