Jeremiah
Boy nameJeremiah has been given to 226,373 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2010 and currently ranks #88 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.
Origin: Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
226,373
Peak year
2010 (7,756 babies)
Rank in 2025
#88 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -44%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Biblical character; prophet
Jeremiah Horrocks
English astronomer
Jerry O'Connell
American actor
Jeremias II of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Jeremiah.
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