Jeremiah Boy
How popular is Jeremiah?
#88 boy name in 2025
3,840 baby boys were named Jeremiah in the US in 2025, making it the 88th most popular boy name. Another 9 girls got the name (#10,104 for girls).
Jeremiah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #88 for boys (▲ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,840 boys, 9 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #54 in 2015, #74 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (7,743 boys) |
| Highest rank | #49 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jeremiah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jeremiah family of names ranked #96 for boys in 2025 (#104 the year before), with 3,859 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 3,840 | 100% |
| Jeremyah | 12 | 0% |
| Jeremia | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jeremiah is most popular
Babies named Jeremiah per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 5.7 per 1,000 (88 boys)
- New Mexico: 5.5 per 1,000 (182 boys)
- Rhode Island: 4.6 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- Delaware: 4.1 per 1,000 (62 boys)
- Alaska: 3.9 per 1,000 (46 boys)
Jeremiah by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 373 | #251 |
| 1890s | 313 | #279 |
| 1900s | 272 | #325 |
| 1910s | 806 | #461 |
| 1920s | 1,241 | #522 |
| 1930s | 1,139 | #526 |
| 1940s | 1,260 | #523 |
| 1950s | 1,621 | #520 |
| 1960s | 1,312 | #623 |
| 1970s | 18,777 | #69 |
| 1980s | 28,331 | #76 |
| 1990s | 23,648 | #108 |
| 2000s | 55,672 | #65 |
| 2010s | 66,818 | #49 |
| 2020s | 24,091 | #74 |
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Questions
- Is Jeremiah a boy or girl name?
- Jeremiah is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jeremiah were boys.
- How popular is the name Jeremiah?
- 3,840 baby boys were named Jeremiah in the US in 2025, making it the 88th most popular boy name. Another 9 girls got the name (#10,104 for girls).
- When was Jeremiah most popular?
- Jeremiah peaked in 2010, when 7,743 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #49 in 2011.
- How many people are named Jeremiah?
- 226,373 babies have been named Jeremiah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 215,880 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Jeremiah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jeremiah was most common in Hawaii, at 5.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.