# Jeremias (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeremias/  
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 | /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪəs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,032 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,032 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremiah. New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 128 | 1,329 |
| 2012 | 179 | 1,061 |
| 2013 | 153 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 169 | 1,131 |
| 2015 | 169 | 1,131 |
| 2016 | 204 | 1,002 |
| 2017 | 210 | 981 |
| 2018 | 243 | 891 |
| 2019 | 249 | 883 |
| 2020 | 235 | 939 |
| 2021 | 238 | 950 |
| 2022 | 251 | 921 |
| 2023 | 224 | 981 |
| 2024 | 314 | 803 |
| 2025 | 286 | 854 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Jeremias

- Jeremias Benjamin Richter, German chemist (1762-1807)
- Jeremias Drexel, German Jesuit (1581–1638)
- Jeremias Chitunda, Angolan politician (1942-1992)
- Jeremías Caggiano, Argentine footballer
- Jeremias de Decker, Dutch poet, writer and translator (1609-1666)
- Conan Ledesma, Argentinian association football player
- Jérémie Jacques Oberlin, Alsacian philologist and archaeologist

## 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.