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Jeramiah

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Jeramiah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 33 births. Its best rank was 790th, in 2010.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
330.00% of boys
Peak year
2010276 births
Best rank
#790in 2010
Since 1973
4,740people given the name
Babies named Jeramiah, by year of birthboys
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

4,740 boys have been named Jeramiah in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 276 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 38%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Jeramiah
1970s369
1980s581
1990s571
2000s1,785
2010s1,232
2020s202

In 2010, its biggest year

Jeramiah was the 790th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2010 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. See all of 2010.

Names that rose and fell with Jeramiah

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.