# Jeremiah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeremiah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “jeremiah”, “yahweh exalt” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jeremy |
| US babies named this | 226,373 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 225,674 / 699 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,006, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 16 | 7,856 |
| 2010 | 13 | 8,939 |
| 2011 | 16 | 7,592 |
| 2012 | 18 | 6,984 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,811 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,814 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,320 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,398 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,314 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,437 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,568 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,573 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,814 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,238 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,461 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,630 | 49 |
| 2012 | 7,498 | 52 |
| 2013 | 6,993 | 58 |
| 2014 | 6,899 | 56 |
| 2015 | 6,827 | 54 |
| 2016 | 6,629 | 58 |
| 2017 | 5,887 | 63 |
| 2018 | 5,632 | 64 |
| 2019 | 5,080 | 69 |
| 2020 | 4,602 | 74 |
| 2021 | 4,257 | 82 |
| 2022 | 3,886 | 93 |
| 2023 | 3,771 | 92 |
| 2024 | 3,735 | 93 |
| 2025 | 3,840 | 88 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 140 | 317 |
| 2012 | 152 | 299 |
| 2013 | 171 | 273 |
| 2014 | 152 | 301 |
| 2015 | 142 | 329 |
| 2016 | 201 | 263 |
| 2017 | 142 | 336 |
| 2018 | 139 | 331 |
| 2019 | 137 | 333 |
| 2020 | 131 | 342 |
| 2021 | 144 | 321 |
| 2022 | 120 | 353 |
| 2023 | 142 | 310 |
| 2024 | 126 | 346 |
| 2025 | 141 | 314 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: إِرْمِيَّا
- Armenian: Երեմիա
- Chinese: 傑里邁亞 /杰里迈亚
- Czech: Jeremjáš
- Danish: Jeremias
- Dutch: Jeremia
- Estonian: Jeremija
- Finnish: Jeremias
- French: Jérémie
- Georgian: იერემია
- German: Jeremias
- Greek: Ιερεμίας
- Hindi: जेरेमाया
- Hungarian: Jeremiás, Irimiás
- Icelandic: Jeremía
- Irish: Diarmaid
- Italian: Geremia
- Japanese: エレミヤ
- Latin: Hieremias
- Latvian: Jeremija

## People named Jeremiah

- Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer
- Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician (1810-1883)
- Jeremiah Azu, British sprinter
- Jeremiah Denton, American Vietnam War POW and politician (1924-2014)
- Jeremiah P. Ostriker, American astronomer
- Jeremiah Massey, American basketball player
- Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (1733–1779)
- Jeremiah Morrow, American politician (1771-1852)
- Jeremiah Brown, Canadian rower
- Jeremiah S. Chechik, film director
- Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, American basketball player (born 2000)
- Jeremiah Bitsui, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.