How Many People Are Named Jeremiah?
people named Jeremiah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,586 people in the US has this name
Based on 226,373 babies named Jeremiah in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
7,756 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) which meant "YAHWEH has uplifted". This is the name of one of the major prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations (supposedly). He lived to see the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jeremiah (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jeremiah alive today is about 22 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jeremiah first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2010, to 7,756 babies. In 2025, 3,849 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jeremiah never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #49, in 2011, and it was in the top 100 in 33 years between 1976 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #88.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #88 |
| Best rank | #49 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | 33 (1976 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #54 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jeremiah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jeremiah were born in California than in any other state: about 23,541 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jeremiah was given 1.9 times as often in Alaska, 1.8 times in New Mexico and 1.5 times in Mississippi.
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