Jeramiah

#4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births

Peak · boys
2010 · 276 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,766
since 1973

Jeramiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jeramiah has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #791, 2010boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,05026
2024#3,45533
2023#3,62931
2022#3,10039
2021#2,77545
2020#2,41954
2019#3,25935
2018#2,89341
2017#2,10965
2016#1,75488
2015#1,76786
2014#1,473110
2013#1,261138
2012#1,006197
2011#991196
2010#791276
2009#823267
2008#877241
2007#815262
2006#919206
2005#911194
2004#977171
2003#1,149131
2002#1,177119
2001#1,151120
2000#1,58574
1999#1,25998
1998#1,35687
1997#1,58064
1996#1,70555
1995#1,78249
1994#2,25935
1993#1,82446
1992#1,84444
1991#1,79844
1990#1,66249
1989#1,45257
1988#1,73140
1987#1,56345
1986#1,56542
1985#1,50444
1984#1,15462
1983#1,42944
1982#1,19360
1981#97186
1980#891101
1979#93089
1978#1,14959
1977#85998
1976#1,08460
1975#1,65830
1974#1,98322
1973#3,01311
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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 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #740 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,015 boysMINew York: #1,310 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 15,679 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #521 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,305 boysINOhio: #1,048 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 13,333 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,011 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,685 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #880 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 11,460 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedUTColorado: #549 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,232 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedMOKentucky: #479 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,135 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedDEArizona: #703 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,894 boysAZNew Mexico: #328 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,814 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #512 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,446 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #972 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,721 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jeramiah, so not publishedHITexas: #936 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 11,196 boysTXFlorida: #916 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,561 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#328 · 1 in 1,814
  2. Kentucky#479 · 1 in 3,135
  3. Oklahoma#512 · 1 in 3,446
  4. Indiana#521 · 1 in 4,305
  5. Colorado#549 · 1 in 4,232

Best ever in a state: #258 in Oregon, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#32861 in 1,814
Kentucky#47971 in 3,135
Oklahoma#51261 in 3,446
Indiana#52191 in 4,305
Colorado#54971 in 4,232
Arizona#70361 in 6,894
Michigan#74081 in 7,015
California#880221 in 11,460
Florida#916101 in 9,561
Texas#936161 in 11,196
Georgia#97261 in 9,721
Pennsylvania#1,01151 in 12,685
Ohio#1,04851 in 13,333
New York#1,31071 in 15,679
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jeramiah
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 595 spots since 2024 (#3,455 → #4,050)
  • 1,631 spots since 2020 (#2,419 → #4,050)
  • 2,283 spots since 2015 (#1,767 → #4,050)
  • Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1977 (#1,084 → #859)
  • Biggest drop: 290 spots in 1978 (#859 → #1,149)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s369#859 (1977)#1,525
1980s581#891 (1980)#1,345
1990s571#1,259 (1999)#1,707
2000s1,785#815 (2007)#1,038
2010s1,232#791 (2010)#1,730
2020s228#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.

Jeramiah in 2004

boys
#977
171 births · 1 in 11,608 boys

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #977Jeramiah171
More about 2004

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 11,608 of them was named Jeramiah, which outranked 92.6% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeramiah
  1. #971Tre172
  2. #971Trenten172
  3. #971Trever172
  4. #977Jeramiah171
  5. #977Andreas171
  6. #977Darin171
  7. #977Rishi171
  8. #981Immanuel170
  9. #981Jarvis170
  10. #981Kason170

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,308Koda#2,238 → #930
  2. ↑ 1,190Tayshaun#2,153 → #963
  3. ↑ 1,006Kanye#1,492 → #486
  4. ↑ 910Kyan#1,497 → #587
  5. ↑ 814Jaidyn#1,630 → #816
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Jahiem#873 → #1,328
  2. ↓ 325Ervin#942 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 323Jahir#809 → #1,132
  4. ↓ 282Jaheim#457 → #739
  5. ↓ 270Sabastian#946 → #1,216

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2004 →