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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #55 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 174 boysAKMaine: #106 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 387 boysMEVermont: #77 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 213 boysVTNew Hampshire: #118 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 425 boysNHWashington: #114 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 445 boysWAIdaho: #115 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 398 boysIDMontana: #155 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 500 boysMTNorth Dakota: #112 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 333 boysNDMinnesota: #116 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 479 boysMNIllinois: #64 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 270 boysILWisconsin: #77 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 279 boysWIMichigan: #59 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 222 boysMINew York: #50 for boys · 440 births · 1 in 245 boysNYMassachusetts: #75 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 307 boysMARhode Island: #88 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 302 boysRIOregon: #99 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 364 boysORNevada: #106 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 388 boysNVWyoming: #133 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 345 boysWYSouth Dakota: #81 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 242 boysSDIowa: #86 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 316 boysIAIndiana: #61 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 241 boysINOhio: #74 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 285 boysOHPennsylvania: #74 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 292 boysPANew Jersey: #62 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 253 boysNJConnecticut: #74 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 268 boysCTCalifornia: #77 for boys · 732 births · 1 in 331 boysCAUtah: #233 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 919 boysUTColorado: #74 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 269 boysCONebraska: #101 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 346 boysNEMissouri: #82 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 322 boysMOKentucky: #71 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 263 boysKYWest Virginia: #77 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 238 boysWVVirginia: #47 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 183 boysVAMaryland: #55 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 196 boysMDDelaware: #56 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 157 boysDEArizona: #89 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 357 boysAZNew Mexico: #44 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 166 boysNMKansas: #79 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 270 boysKSArkansas: #43 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 195 boysARTennessee: #47 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 195 boysTNNorth Carolina: #41 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 179 boysNCSouth Carolina: #28 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 142 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #34 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 129 boysDCOklahoma: #89 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 325 boysOKLouisiana: #45 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 196 boysLAMississippi: #20 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 123 boysMSAlabama: #30 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 155 boysALGeorgia: #27 for boys · 391 births · 1 in 151 boysGAHawaii: #44 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 165 boysHITexas: #47 for boys · 857 births · 1 in 218 boysTXFlorida: #32 for boys · 605 births · 1 in 158 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#20 · 1 in 123
  2. Georgia#27 · 1 in 151
  3. South Carolina#28 · 1 in 142
  4. Alabama#30 · 1 in 155
  5. Florida#32 · 1 in 158

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#201211 in 123
Georgia#273911 in 151
South Carolina#281531 in 142
Alabama#301561 in 155
Florida#326051 in 158
District of Columbia#34331 in 129
North Carolina#413011 in 179
Arkansas#43771 in 195
Hawaii#44281 in 165
New Mexico#44641 in 166
Louisiana#451281 in 196
Tennessee#471861 in 195
Texas#478571 in 218
Virginia#472301 in 183
New York#504401 in 245
Alaska#55201 in 174
Maryland#551471 in 196
Delaware#56241 in 157
Michigan#592221 in 222
Indiana#611551 in 241
New Jersey#621761 in 253
Illinois#642691 in 270
Kentucky#71891 in 263
Colorado#741071 in 269
Connecticut#74571 in 268
Ohio#742201 in 285
Pennsylvania#742131 in 292
Massachusetts#751011 in 307
California#777321 in 331
Vermont#7791 in 213
West Virginia#77361 in 238
Wisconsin#771031 in 279
Kansas#79621 in 270
South Dakota#81171 in 242
Missouri#821041 in 322
Iowa#86501 in 316
Rhode Island#88141 in 302
Arizona#891121 in 357
Oklahoma#89661 in 325
Oregon#99531 in 364
Nebraska#101301 in 346
Maine#106131 in 387
Nevada#106371 in 388
North Dakota#112101 in 333
Washington#114831 in 445
Idaho#115221 in 398
Minnesota#116611 in 479
New Hampshire#118121 in 425
Wyoming#13361 in 345
Montana#15581 in 500
Utah#233251 in 919

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 2009

girls
#7,679
16 births · 1 in 114,820 girls
boys
#65
7,235 births · 1 in 274 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #7,679Jeremiah16

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #65Jeremiah7,235
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 114,820 of them was named Jeremiah, which outranked 62.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeremiah
  1. #7,341Zeina17
  2. #7,341Zhane17
  3. #7,341Zurisadai17
  4. #7,679Jeremiah16
  5. #7,679Aalia16
  6. #7,679Aamina16
  7. #7,679Aaryanna16
  8. #8,058Aailyah15
  9. #8,058Aayushi15
  10. #8,058Abbiegail15

Tied with 378 names at #7,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 274 of them was named Jeremiah, which outranked 99.6% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeremiah
  1. #62Julian7,388
  2. #63Austin7,295
  3. #64Charles7,284
  4. #65Jeremiah7,235
  5. #66Jason6,927
  6. #67Juan6,283
  7. #68Xavier6,227
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →