# Jeremy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeremy/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.mi/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Jez, Jezza |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 448,737 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 446,425 / 2,312 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,225, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 18 | 5,680 |
| 1999 | 14 | 7,002 |
| 2000 | 15 | 6,959 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8,441 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,384 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13,034 |
| 2004 | 19 | 6,339 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,467 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,228 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,369 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,507 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,811 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,706 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,000 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,730 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,527 | 152 |
| 2012 | 2,837 | 138 |
| 2013 | 2,528 | 160 |
| 2014 | 2,522 | 169 |
| 2015 | 2,393 | 175 |
| 2016 | 2,135 | 185 |
| 2017 | 2,047 | 193 |
| 2018 | 1,971 | 204 |
| 2019 | 1,767 | 216 |
| 2020 | 1,607 | 232 |
| 2021 | 1,485 | 239 |
| 2022 | 1,437 | 246 |
| 2023 | 1,419 | 245 |
| 2024 | 1,310 | 266 |
| 2025 | 1,152 | 292 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 455 |
| 2012 | 76 | 498 |
| 2013 | 73 | 508 |
| 2014 | 99 | 409 |
| 2015 | 78 | 497 |
| 2016 | 54 | 647 |
| 2017 | 66 | 574 |
| 2018 | 50 | 690 |
| 2019 | 39 | 798 |
| 2020 | 42 | 755 |
| 2021 | 41 | 790 |
| 2022 | 46 | 727 |
| 2023 | 50 | 691 |
| 2024 | 64 | 592 |
| 2025 | 70 | 556 |

## People named Jeremy

- Jeremy Renner, American actor (born 1971)
- Jeremy Bentham, British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
- Jeremy Irons, British actor (born 1948)
- Jeremy Corbyn, British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020
- Jeremy Clarkson, British broadcaster, journalist and writer
- Jeremy Zucker, American singer-songwriter
- Jeremy Hunt, British politician
- Jeremy Rifkin, American economist
- Jeremy Allen White, American actor (born 1991)
- Jeremy Brett, English actor (1933–1995)
- Jeremy Strong, American actor (born 1978)
- Jeremy Piven, 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.