Jeremiah
Jeremiah is ranked 93rd among boys in 2024 (3,702 births). Its best rank was 49th, in 2011.
- Rank in 2024
- #93down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,7020.22% of boys
- Peak year
- 20107,742 births
- Best rank
- #49in 2011
- Since 1880
- 221,735people given the name
The story in the numbers
221,735 boys have been named Jeremiah in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 7,742 births — 0.40% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 56 → 93).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 32 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jeremiah | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 373 | |
| 1890s | 313 | |
| 1900s | 272 | |
| 1910s | 806 | |
| 1920s | 1,241 | |
| 1930s | 1,139 | |
| 1940s | 1,261 | |
| 1950s | 1,621 | |
| 1960s | 1,314 | |
| 1970s | 18,778 | |
| 1980s | 28,331 | |
| 1990s | 23,646 | |
| 2000s | 55,669 | |
| 2010s | 66,784 | |
| 2020s | 20,187 |
In 2010, its biggest year
Jeremiah was the 51st 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 Jeremiah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arienpeak 2013
- Damienpeak 2007
- Japhethpeak 2007
- Jaysenpeak 2011
- Tysonpeak 2009
- Johannpeak 2010
- Adrianpeak 2008
- Elanpeak 2011
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.