Jed

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jed: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jed: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #224, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#224highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#224
1997	#224
1998	#259
1999	#244
2000	#268
2001	#285
2002	#294
2003	#280
2004	#305
2005	#310
2006	#336
2007	#400
2008	#378
2009	#461
2010	#721
2011	#1124
2012	#1507
2013	#1024
2014	#988
2015	#1046
2016	#1081
2017	#848
2018	#1194
2019	#1152
2020	#1314
2021	#1595
2022	#1534
2023	#1363
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2015: #415 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1046 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #224 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #224 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jed appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,839 births with the name.

Jed across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jed's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#224 (1996)	#224 (1996)	#1758 (2024)	29 of 29	1,839 (1996–2024)	139 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1998)	#369 (1998)	#829 (2025)	6 of 28	22 (1998–2025)	5 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#281 (2002)	#264 (2004)	#415 (2015)	5 of 14	18 (2002–2015)	4 (2004)

Jed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jed in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	511	4 of 10	128
2000sbusiest	973	10 of 10	97
2010s	272	10 of 10	27
2020s	83	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 97 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births fell by 36, from 78 to 42.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jed appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #224 in England and Wales in 1997.

Jed's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#848	37	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1024	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#721	42	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#461	78	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#378	100	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#400	90	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#336	104	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#310	103	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#305	97	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#280	107	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#294	94	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#285	96	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#268	104	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#244	123	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#259	111	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#224	139	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#224	138	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #224, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 139 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jeannette · #393, 13y
Jeannie · #391, 25y
Jedd · #704, 23y
Jediah · #2172, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alanah · #225, 31y
Rianna · #223, 29y
Lionel · #222, 33y
Aleesha · #227, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bailie · #224, 26y
Lennie · #224, 30y
Roxy · #224, 28y
Alanah · #225, 31y

Jed was ranked #224 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jed and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jed without appearing here.

Jed moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1507 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1024 and #2055.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1363 and #2160.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #2018.
Brett Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1507 and #1270 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1024 and #1462.

Moved ahead of Jed

Colin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1610 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1000.
Derek Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1407 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1108.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1132.
Conan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1314 and #1379 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #1023.

Moved the opposite way to Jed

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jed went from #224 to #1758 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jed went from #224 to #1758 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jed went from #224 to #1758 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jed went from #224 to #1758 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Jed

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jed went from #224 to #1758 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jed went from #224 to #1758 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jed went from #224 to #1758 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jed went from #224 to #1758 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #224 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jed

Jed at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jed across 3 official records

Jed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jed appears in

Popularity data

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Jed across 3 official records

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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