Jeremiah

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #88 for boys in 2025, 3,840 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2011 · 7,630 births
Debut · boys
37 births
In top 100 · boys
33 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
225,674
since 1880

Jeremiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #49, 2011boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#883,840
2024#13,4776#933,735
2023—#923,771
2022#12,2437#933,886
2021#11,1468#824,257
2020—#744,602
2019#13,7996#695,080
2018#9,15111#645,632
2017#12,7137#635,887
2016#16,2155#586,629
2015#10,8669#546,827
2014#9,51711#566,899
2013#13,1507#586,993
2012#6,87218#527,498
2011#7,43616#497,630
2010#8,70113#517,743
2009#7,67916#657,235
2008#8,52914#686,594
2007#10,81810#676,630
2006#9,28612#716,544
2005#8,33013#785,847
2004#3,89836#775,381
2003#10,4259#904,855
2002#10,2469#864,720
2001#7,72413#904,223
2000#13,1546#1023,643
1999#8,22311#1083,304
1998#7,10413#1143,223
1997#13,7245#1282,930
1996#7,13012#1642,103
1995#7,51411#1632,054
1994#8,8049#1582,081
1993#10,5887#1661,911
1992#9,4918#1611,938
1991#8,5889#1562,096
1990#12,9585#1542,008
1989—#1442,147
1988#5,06516#1362,190
1987#4,85716#1302,137
1986#4,96415#1182,381
1985#4,28218#1112,533
1984#3,72621#1022,776
1983#2,97528#992,849
1982#3,09328#893,329
1981#2,84731#773,896
1980#2,86631#764,093
1979#2,99728#813,719
1978#3,09825#813,445
1977#2,46335#694,151
1976#4,61413#932,872
1975#4,14115#1491,651
1974#5,01111#1781,294
1973#6,6667#256765
1972—#431341
1971—#452322
1970—#552217
1969—#623159
1968—#660130
1967—#666126
1966—#649130
1965—#740100
1964—#703121
1963—#661139
1962—#685128
1961—#680128
1960—#634151
1959—#627152
1958—#625151
1957—#565186
1956—#596163
1955—#572168
1954—#560170
1953—#607143
1952—#537173
1951—#555151
1950—#521164
1949—#524162
1948—#563140
1947—#597130
1946—#589119
1945—#552118
1944—#614100
1943—#576121
1942—#536130
1941—#535121
1940—#539119
1939—#560104
1938—#551110
1937—#556109
1936—#549108
1935—#547111
1934—#526123
1933—#540111
1932—#532121
1931—#546115
1930—#529127
1929—#553114
1928—#584112
1927—#522137
1926—#573115
1925—#543128
1924—#568125
1923—#556124
1922—#559128
1921—#549129
1920—#539129
1919—#543121
1918—#596105
1917—#581104
1916—#547109
1915—#66776
1914—#53983
1913—#48779
1912—#52157
1911—#48137
1910—#46135
1909—#51925
1908—#52223
1907—#49522
1906—#47222
1905—#41027
1904—#34035
1903—#40124
1902—#36030
1901—#40721
1900—#32543
1899—#37624
1898—#35030
1897—#33131
1896—#27943
1895—#34728
1894—#33628
1893—#32329
1892—#32033
1891—#29132
1890—#29035
1889—#25142
1888—#30834
1887—#26138
1886—#26740
1885—#26340
1884—#27838
1883—#27337
1882—#29833
1881—#27034
1880—#27637
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jeremiah was already there! It came in at #276, and was given to 37 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1903, when fewer than 31 boys a year got the name.

Where Jeremiah is popular in 1881

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Jeremiah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#93 → #88)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#74 → #88)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#54 → #88)
  • Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1973 (#431 → #256)
  • Biggest drop: 128 spots in 1915 (#539 → #667)
Rise & fade · boys
131 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2011 at #49 (7,630 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 33 yrs · run 2001–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 248
  • Highest: 1 in 248 boys born in 2010 were named Jeremiah (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 445 boys born in 2025 (0.22%)
  • Its best rank, #49 in 2011, was only 1 in 249 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.6% of all boys named Jeremiah (66,818) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s373#251 (1889)#275
1890s313#279 (1896)#324
1900s272#325 (1900)#425
1910s806#461 (1910)#542
1920s1,241#522 (1927)#555
1930s1,139#526 (1934)#544
1940s1,260#524 (1949)#563
1950s1,621#521 (1950)#577
1960s1,312#623 (1969)#670
1970s18,777#69 (1977)#234
1980s28,331#76 (1980)#108
1990s23,648#108 (1999)#147
2000s55,672#65 (2009)#79
2010s66,818#49 (2011)#57
2020s24,091#74 (2020)#87

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.

Jeremiah in 1881

boys
#270
34 births · 1 in 2,963 boys

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #270Jeremiah34
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 2,963 of them was named Jeremiah, which outranked 72.9% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeremiah
  1. #262Tony36
  2. #268Cecil35
  3. #268Seth35
  4. #270Jeremiah34
  5. #270Bruce34
  6. #270Fletcher34
  7. #273Grant33
  8. #273Green33
  9. #273Neal33

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

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 491Noble#809 → #318
  2. ↑ 449Ivy#909 → #460
  3. ↑ 449Buck#909 → #460
  4. ↑ 376Chin#909 → #533
  5. ↑ 376Ransom#909 → #533
Fallers
  1. ↓ 431Neil#350 → #781
  2. ↓ 378Alvah#403 → #781
  3. ↓ 361Webster#505 → #866
  4. ↓ 356Melville#425 → #781
  5. ↓ 316Hector#465 → #781

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

See the top 100 for 1881 →