Jeramiah
- #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 276 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,766since 1973
Jeramiah over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jeramiah has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,050 | 26 |
| 2024 | #3,455 | 33 |
| 2023 | #3,629 | 31 |
| 2022 | #3,100 | 39 |
| 2021 | #2,775 | 45 |
| 2020 | #2,419 | 54 |
| 2019 | #3,259 | 35 |
| 2018 | #2,893 | 41 |
| 2017 | #2,109 | 65 |
| 2016 | #1,754 | 88 |
| 2015 | #1,767 | 86 |
| 2014 | #1,473 | 110 |
| 2013 | #1,261 | 138 |
| 2012 | #1,006 | 197 |
| 2011 | #991 | 196 |
| 2010 | #791 | 276 |
| 2009 | #823 | 267 |
| 2008 | #877 | 241 |
| 2007 | #815 | 262 |
| 2006 | #919 | 206 |
| 2005 | #911 | 194 |
| 2004 | #977 | 171 |
| 2003 | #1,149 | 131 |
| 2002 | #1,177 | 119 |
| 2001 | #1,151 | 120 |
| 2000 | #1,585 | 74 |
| 1999 | #1,259 | 98 |
| 1998 | #1,356 | 87 |
| 1997 | #1,580 | 64 |
| 1996 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | #1,782 | 49 |
| 1994 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #1,824 | 46 |
| 1992 | #1,844 | 44 |
| 1991 | #1,798 | 44 |
| 1990 | #1,662 | 49 |
| 1989 | #1,452 | 57 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #1,563 | 45 |
| 1986 | #1,565 | 42 |
| 1985 | #1,504 | 44 |
| 1984 | #1,154 | 62 |
| 1983 | #1,429 | 44 |
| 1982 | #1,193 | 60 |
| 1981 | #971 | 86 |
| 1980 | #891 | 101 |
| 1979 | #930 | 89 |
| 1978 | #1,149 | 59 |
| 1977 | #859 | 98 |
| 1976 | #1,084 | 60 |
| 1975 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five boys were named Jeramiah! It came in at #3,013, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.
Where Jeramiah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jeramiah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,631 spots since 2020 (#2,419 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1977
- Biggest drop: 290 spots in 1978
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2010 at #791 (276 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2004–2011
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,952
- Highest: 1 in 6,952 boys born in 2010 were named Jeramiah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 37.5% of all boys named Jeramiah (1,785) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 369 | #859 (1977) | #1,525 |
| 1980s | 581 | #891 (1980) | #1,345 |
| 1990s | 571 | #1,259 (1999) | #1,707 |
| 2000s | 1,785 | #815 (2007) | #1,038 |
| 2010s | 1,232 | #791 (2010) | #1,730 |
| 2020s | 228 | #2,419 (2020) | #3,238 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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