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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #33 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 108 boysAKMaine: #70 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 319 boysMEVermont: #44 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 138 boysVTNew Hampshire: #51 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 196 boysNHWashington: #60 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 281 boysWAIdaho: #39 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 149 boysIDMontana: #55 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 197 boysMTNorth Dakota: #65 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 297 boysNDMinnesota: #58 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 242 boysMNIllinois: #75 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 430 boysILWisconsin: #59 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 277 boysWIMichigan: #64 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 350 boysMINew York: #117 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 743 boysNYMassachusetts: #90 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 635 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jeremiah, so not publishedRIOregon: #43 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 171 boysORNevada: #67 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 291 boysNVWyoming: #42 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 144 boysWYSouth Dakota: #50 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 202 boysSDIowa: #54 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 237 boysIAIndiana: #53 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 235 boysINOhio: #61 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 341 boysOHPennsylvania: #72 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 447 boysPANew Jersey: #174 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,226 boysNJConnecticut: #91 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 592 boysCTCalifornia: #80 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 387 boysCAUtah: #75 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 344 boysUTColorado: #38 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 142 boysCONebraska: #58 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 228 boysNEMissouri: #53 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 249 boysMOKentucky: #67 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 310 boysKYWest Virginia: #55 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 242 boysWVVirginia: #82 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 446 boysVAMaryland: #135 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 802 boysMDDelaware: #91 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 485 boysDEArizona: #91 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 432 boysAZNew Mexico: #61 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 256 boysNMKansas: #49 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 200 boysKSArkansas: #103 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 497 boysARTennessee: #71 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 351 boysTNNorth Carolina: #77 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 393 boysNCSouth Carolina: #173 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 940 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #210 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,128 boysDCOklahoma: #54 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 228 boysOKLouisiana: #126 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 569 boysLAMississippi: #168 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 834 boysMSAlabama: #92 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 470 boysALGeorgia: #106 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 541 boysGAHawaii: #76 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 302 boysHITexas: #100 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 452 boysTXFlorida: #72 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 379 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#33 · 1 in 108
  2. Colorado#38 · 1 in 142
  3. Idaho#39 · 1 in 149
  4. Wyoming#42 · 1 in 144
  5. Oregon#43 · 1 in 171

Best ever in a state: #10 in New Mexico, 2013.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#33291 in 108
Colorado#381381 in 142
Idaho#39531 in 149
Wyoming#42211 in 144
Oregon#431021 in 171
Vermont#44201 in 138
Kansas#49781 in 200
South Dakota#50251 in 202
New Hampshire#51281 in 196
Indiana#531721 in 235
Missouri#531411 in 249
Iowa#54891 in 237
Oklahoma#54871 in 228
Montana#55281 in 197
West Virginia#55591 in 242
Minnesota#581191 in 242
Nebraska#58501 in 228
Wisconsin#591161 in 277
Washington#60921 in 281
New Mexico#61371 in 256
Ohio#612271 in 341
Michigan#641841 in 350
North Dakota#65181 in 297
Kentucky#67911 in 310
Nevada#67131 in 291
Maine#70221 in 319
Tennessee#71911 in 351
Florida#721321 in 379
Pennsylvania#721661 in 447
Illinois#751891 in 430
Utah#75511 in 344
Hawaii#76211 in 302
North Carolina#77981 in 393
California#804281 in 387
Virginia#82731 in 446
Massachusetts#90521 in 635
Arizona#91431 in 432
Connecticut#91271 in 592
Delaware#9171 in 485
Alabama#92571 in 470
Texas#1002481 in 452
Arkansas#103311 in 497
Georgia#106701 in 541
New York#1171531 in 743
Louisiana#126581 in 569
Maryland#135271 in 802
Mississippi#168231 in 834
South Carolina#173221 in 940
New Jersey#174341 in 1,226
District of Columbia#21071 in 1,128
Rhode Island———

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 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 1977

girls
#2,463
35 births · 1 in 43,804 girls
boys
#69
4,151 births · 1 in 396 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #2,463Jeremiah35

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #69Jeremiah4,151
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 43,804 of them was named Jeremiah, which outranked 78.3% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeremiah
  1. #2,423Tashana36
  2. #2,423Trinidad36
  3. #2,423Tywanda36
  4. #2,463Jeremiah35
  5. #2,463Ashli35
  6. #2,463Celestina35
  7. #2,463Cherisse35
  8. #2,515Africa34
  9. #2,515Andi34
  10. #2,515Angelle34

Tied with 51 names at #2,463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 396 of them was named Jeremiah, which outranked 99.0% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeremiah
  1. #66Wesley4,302
  2. #67Cory4,259
  3. #68Dennis4,152
  4. #69Jeremiah4,151
  5. #70Phillip3,967
  6. #71Frank3,894
  7. #72Marcus3,846
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →