How Many People Are Named Jeremy?
people named Jeremy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 810 people in the US has this name
Based on 448,737 babies named Jeremy in Social Security records from 1923 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
21,749 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval English form of JEREMIAH, and the form used in some English versions of the New Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jeremy, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1930s: 4.1% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jeremy alive today is about 38 years old, and 78% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jeremy first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1977, to 21,749 babies. In 2025, 1,152 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jeremy never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #14, in 1976, and it was in the top 100 for 33 years, 1970 to 2002. In 2025 it ranked #292.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #292 |
| Best rank | #14 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | 33 (1970 to 2002) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #28 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jeremy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jeremy were born in California than in any other state: about 40,408 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jeremy was given 1.6 times as often in Alabama, 1.5 times in Arkansas and 1.5 times in South Dakota.
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