Jeremiah
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #88 for boys in 2025, 3,840 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 7,630 births
- Debut · boys
- 37 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 33 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 225,674since 1880
Jeremiah over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #88 | 3,840 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #93 | 3,735 |
| 2023 | — | #92 | 3,771 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #93 | 3,886 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #82 | 4,257 |
| 2020 | — | #74 | 4,602 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #69 | 5,080 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #64 | 5,632 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #63 | 5,887 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #58 | 6,629 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #54 | 6,827 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #56 | 6,899 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #58 | 6,993 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #52 | 7,498 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #49 | 7,630 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #51 | 7,743 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #65 | 7,235 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #68 | 6,594 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #67 | 6,630 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #71 | 6,544 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #78 | 5,847 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | #77 | 5,381 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #90 | 4,855 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #86 | 4,720 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #90 | 4,223 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #102 | 3,643 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #108 | 3,304 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #114 | 3,223 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #128 | 2,930 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #164 | 2,103 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #163 | 2,054 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #158 | 2,081 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #166 | 1,911 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #161 | 1,938 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #156 | 2,096 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #154 | 2,008 |
| 1989 | — | #144 | 2,147 | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #136 | 2,190 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #130 | 2,137 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #118 | 2,381 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | #111 | 2,533 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #102 | 2,776 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | #99 | 2,849 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | #89 | 3,329 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #77 | 3,896 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #76 | 4,093 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #81 | 3,719 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | #81 | 3,445 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | #69 | 4,151 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #93 | 2,872 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #149 | 1,651 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #178 | 1,294 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #256 | 765 |
| 1972 | — | #431 | 341 | |
| 1971 | — | #452 | 322 | |
| 1970 | — | #552 | 217 | |
| 1969 | — | #623 | 159 | |
| 1968 | — | #660 | 130 | |
| 1967 | — | #666 | 126 | |
| 1966 | — | #649 | 130 | |
| 1965 | — | #740 | 100 | |
| 1964 | — | #703 | 121 | |
| 1963 | — | #661 | 139 | |
| 1962 | — | #685 | 128 | |
| 1961 | — | #680 | 128 | |
| 1960 | — | #634 | 151 | |
| 1959 | — | #627 | 152 | |
| 1958 | — | #625 | 151 | |
| 1957 | — | #565 | 186 | |
| 1956 | — | #596 | 163 | |
| 1955 | — | #572 | 168 | |
| 1954 | — | #560 | 170 | |
| 1953 | — | #607 | 143 | |
| 1952 | — | #537 | 173 | |
| 1951 | — | #555 | 151 | |
| 1950 | — | #521 | 164 | |
| 1949 | — | #524 | 162 | |
| 1948 | — | #563 | 140 | |
| 1947 | — | #597 | 130 | |
| 1946 | — | #589 | 119 | |
| 1945 | — | #552 | 118 | |
| 1944 | — | #614 | 100 | |
| 1943 | — | #576 | 121 | |
| 1942 | — | #536 | 130 | |
| 1941 | — | #535 | 121 | |
| 1940 | — | #539 | 119 | |
| 1939 | — | #560 | 104 | |
| 1938 | — | #551 | 110 | |
| 1937 | — | #556 | 109 | |
| 1936 | — | #549 | 108 | |
| 1935 | — | #547 | 111 | |
| 1934 | — | #526 | 123 | |
| 1933 | — | #540 | 111 | |
| 1932 | — | #532 | 121 | |
| 1931 | — | #546 | 115 | |
| 1930 | — | #529 | 127 | |
| 1929 | — | #553 | 114 | |
| 1928 | — | #584 | 112 | |
| 1927 | — | #522 | 137 | |
| 1926 | — | #573 | 115 | |
| 1925 | — | #543 | 128 | |
| 1924 | — | #568 | 125 | |
| 1923 | — | #556 | 124 | |
| 1922 | — | #559 | 128 | |
| 1921 | — | #549 | 129 | |
| 1920 | — | #539 | 129 | |
| 1919 | — | #543 | 121 | |
| 1918 | — | #596 | 105 | |
| 1917 | — | #581 | 104 | |
| 1916 | — | #547 | 109 | |
| 1915 | — | #667 | 76 | |
| 1914 | — | #539 | 83 | |
| 1913 | — | #487 | 79 | |
| 1912 | — | #521 | 57 | |
| 1911 | — | #481 | 37 | |
| 1910 | — | #461 | 35 | |
| 1909 | — | #519 | 25 | |
| 1908 | — | #522 | 23 | |
| 1907 | — | #495 | 22 | |
| 1906 | — | #472 | 22 | |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #340 | 35 | |
| 1903 | — | #401 | 24 | |
| 1902 | — | #360 | 30 | |
| 1901 | — | #407 | 21 | |
| 1900 | — | #325 | 43 | |
| 1899 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1898 | — | #350 | 30 | |
| 1897 | — | #331 | 31 | |
| 1896 | — | #279 | 43 | |
| 1895 | — | #347 | 28 | |
| 1894 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1893 | — | #323 | 29 | |
| 1892 | — | #320 | 33 | |
| 1891 | — | #291 | 32 | |
| 1890 | — | #290 | 35 | |
| 1889 | — | #251 | 42 | |
| 1888 | — | #308 | 34 | |
| 1887 | — | #261 | 38 | |
| 1886 | — | #267 | 40 | |
| 1885 | — | #263 | 40 | |
| 1884 | — | #278 | 38 | |
| 1883 | — | #273 | 37 | |
| 1882 | — | #298 | 33 | |
| 1881 | — | #270 | 34 | |
| 1880 | — | #276 | 37 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jeremiah was already there! It came in at #276, and was given to 37 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1903, when fewer than 31 boys a year got the name.
Where Jeremiah is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#44 · 1 in 141
- Colorado#45 · 1 in 177
- Alaska#46 · 1 in 159
- Oregon#53 · 1 in 238
- Nebraska#56 · 1 in 227
Best ever in a state: #10 in New Mexico, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #44 | 23 | 1 in 141 |
| Colorado | #45 | 114 | 1 in 177 |
| Alaska | #46 | 21 | 1 in 159 |
| Oregon | #53 | 76 | 1 in 238 |
| Nebraska | #56 | 51 | 1 in 227 |
| Oklahoma | #56 | 80 | 1 in 248 |
| Minnesota | #57 | 126 | 1 in 234 |
| Montana | #57 | 26 | 1 in 211 |
| Iowa | #58 | 79 | 1 in 267 |
| Washington | #58 | 104 | 1 in 257 |
| South Dakota | #61 | 24 | 1 in 218 |
| Indiana | #63 | 131 | 1 in 300 |
| Wisconsin | #64 | 103 | 1 in 312 |
| Nevada | #68 | 13 | 1 in 317 |
| New Hampshire | #68 | 17 | 1 in 322 |
| Missouri | #69 | 98 | 1 in 357 |
| Maine | #70 | 20 | 1 in 340 |
| Utah | #70 | 56 | 1 in 319 |
| Ohio | #71 | 194 | 1 in 397 |
| Kansas | #72 | 46 | 1 in 339 |
| Arizona | #76 | 52 | 1 in 365 |
| Michigan | #76 | 139 | 1 in 462 |
| West Virginia | #78 | 35 | 1 in 390 |
| Idaho | #79 | 23 | 1 in 346 |
| Illinois | #82 | 176 | 1 in 451 |
| Tennessee | #84 | 75 | 1 in 426 |
| Kentucky | #88 | 61 | 1 in 448 |
| California | #89 | 402 | 1 in 420 |
| Vermont | #91 | 6 | 1 in 469 |
| Virginia | #91 | 57 | 1 in 562 |
| Arkansas | #94 | 35 | 1 in 421 |
| Georgia | #95 | 76 | 1 in 497 |
| North Dakota | #95 | 11 | 1 in 478 |
| Hawaii | #96 | 15 | 1 in 423 |
| Alabama | #98 | 51 | 1 in 506 |
| Florida | #98 | 93 | 1 in 548 |
| Massachusetts | #101 | 43 | 1 in 771 |
| North Carolina | #102 | 67 | 1 in 555 |
| New Mexico | #103 | 24 | 1 in 421 |
| Pennsylvania | #106 | 102 | 1 in 719 |
| Maryland | #113 | 32 | 1 in 667 |
| New York | #122 | 139 | 1 in 793 |
| South Carolina | #123 | 33 | 1 in 620 |
| Mississippi | #128 | 30 | 1 in 615 |
| Texas | #135 | 181 | 1 in 636 |
| Louisiana | #170 | 40 | 1 in 826 |
| Connecticut | #177 | 12 | 1 in 1,371 |
| New Jersey | #243 | 21 | 1 in 1,971 |
| District of Columbia | #249 | 5 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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 Jeremiah
- 5 spots since 2024 (#93 → #88)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#74 → #88)
- 34 spots since 2015 (#54 → #88)
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1973 (#431 → #256)
- Biggest drop: 128 spots in 1915 (#539 → #667)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2011 at #49 (7,630 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 33 yrs · run 2001–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 248 boys born in 2010 were named Jeremiah (0.40%)
- Latest: 1 in 445 boys born in 2025 (0.22%)
- Its best rank, #49 in 2011, was only 1 in 249 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.6% of all boys named Jeremiah (66,818) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 373 | #251 (1889) | #275 |
| 1890s | 313 | #279 (1896) | #324 |
| 1900s | 272 | #325 (1900) | #425 |
| 1910s | 806 | #461 (1910) | #542 |
| 1920s | 1,241 | #522 (1927) | #555 |
| 1930s | 1,139 | #526 (1934) | #544 |
| 1940s | 1,260 | #524 (1949) | #563 |
| 1950s | 1,621 | #521 (1950) | #577 |
| 1960s | 1,312 | #623 (1969) | #670 |
| 1970s | 18,777 | #69 (1977) | #234 |
| 1980s | 28,331 | #76 (1980) | #108 |
| 1990s | 23,648 | #108 (1999) | #147 |
| 2000s | 55,672 | #65 (2009) | #79 |
| 2010s | 66,818 | #49 (2011) | #57 |
| 2020s | 24,091 | #74 (2020) | #87 |
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.
Jeremiah in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 61,274 of them was named Jeremiah, which outranked 73.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,009Vida26
- #3,009Vincent26
- #3,009Zara26
- #3,098Jeremiah25
- #3,098Aesha25
- #3,098Alanda25
- #3,098Alica25
- #3,196Abbe24
- #3,196Akia24
- #3,196Aleasha24
Tied with 97 names at #3,098; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 477 of them was named Jeremiah, which outranked 98.8% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.