Jermiah
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 96.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 164 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,240since 1916
Jermiah over time
Rank among boys' names. Jermiah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,707 | 21 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,002 | 27 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,202 | 35 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,347 | 34 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,994 | 39 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,715 | 45 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #2,726 | 44 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #2,068 | 68 |
| 2014 | — | #2,082 | 67 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,647 | 92 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,439 | 115 |
| 2011 | — | #1,364 | 123 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,133 | 164 |
| 2009 | — | #1,214 | 148 | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #1,361 | 125 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #1,539 | 102 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #1,163 | 145 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,233 | 128 |
| 2004 | — | #1,309 | 113 | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #1,410 | 94 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #1,474 | 86 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #1,379 | 92 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #1,408 | 88 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,710 | 61 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,680 | 61 |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,218 | 37 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,253 | 35 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,007 | 40 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,085 | 37 |
| 1991 | — | #2,095 | 35 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,590 | 50 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,829 | 35 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,588 | 41 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,656 | 35 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,594 | 37 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,415 | 45 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,334 | 49 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,324 | 50 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,304 | 50 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,268 | 49 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,541 | 35 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
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| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jermiah! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1921, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jermiah is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#524 · 1 in 3,005
- Kentucky#603 · 1 in 4,685
- North Carolina#667 · 1 in 4,894
- Louisiana#689 · 1 in 4,173
- Tennessee#752 · 1 in 6,054
Best ever in a state: #190 in District of Columbia, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #524 | 5 | 1 in 3,005 |
| Kentucky | #603 | 5 | 1 in 4,685 |
| North Carolina | #667 | 11 | 1 in 4,894 |
| Louisiana | #689 | 6 | 1 in 4,173 |
| Tennessee | #752 | 6 | 1 in 6,054 |
| Georgia | #799 | 10 | 1 in 5,902 |
| Virginia | #838 | 6 | 1 in 7,026 |
| Texas | #951 | 20 | 1 in 9,323 |
| Ohio | #1,048 | 6 | 1 in 10,442 |
| Florida | #1,054 | 10 | 1 in 9,530 |
| Illinois | #1,382 | 5 | 1 in 14,510 |
| New York | #1,432 | 7 | 1 in 15,387 |
| California | #2,033 | 7 | 1 in 34,592 |
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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 Jermiah
- 534 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #4,707)
- 1,505 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #4,707)
- 2,639 spots since 2015 (#2,068 → #4,707)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2010 at #1,133 (164 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,699 boys born in 2010 were named Jermiah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.6% of all boys named Jermiah (1,121) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,516 (1916) | #3,742 |
| 1920s | 26 | #3,151 (1927) | #3,627 |
| 1930s | 26 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,666 |
| 1940s | 19 | #2,872 (1941) | #3,133 |
| 1950s | 16 | #3,619 (1959) | #3,768 |
| 1960s | 20 | #4,033 (1962) | #4,046 |
| 1970s | 227 | #1,268 (1977) | #2,614 |
| 1980s | 413 | #1,324 (1980) | #1,602 |
| 1990s | 419 | #1,680 (1998) | #2,057 |
| 2000s | 1,121 | #1,163 (2006) | #1,349 |
| 2010s | 791 | #1,133 (2010) | #2,152 |
| 2020s | 145 | #3,202 (2020) | #4,382 |
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.
Jermiah in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
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1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 13,403 of them was named Jermiah, which outranked 91.7% 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).