Jerimah

Peak · boys
1977 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
177
since 1976

Jerimah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jerimah has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,836, 1977boys
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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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2013#9,6557
2012#6,62612
2011#6,25613
2010#6,69812
2009#8,3109
2008#6,39313
2007#5,66115
2006#7,42710
2005#7,09610
2004#6,97610
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2000#10,3495
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1980#4,9407
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1978#4,1578
1977#3,8369
1976#5,5875
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Jerimah! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1981–2000, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jerimah is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jerimah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jerimah
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1977 at #3,836 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 138,361
  • Highest: 1 in 138,361 boys born in 2007 were named Jerimah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,226 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,836 in 1977, was only 1 in 182,580 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 44.6% of all boys named Jerimah (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s27#3,836 (1977)#4,909
1980s17#4,940 (1980)#5,974
1990s10#8,800 (1994)#9,216
2000s79#5,661 (2007)#7,569
2010s44#6,256 (2011)#7,309

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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