Jerimiah

#3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births

Peak · boys
1977 · 121 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,078
since 1917

Jerimiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jerimiah has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #773, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,84828
2024#3,69330
2023#4,11226
2022#3,34435
2021#3,24236
2020#2,75944
2019#2,69447
2018#2,30058
2017#2,24059
2016#1,62898
2015#1,64696
2014#1,551103
2013#1,326129
2012#1,130162
2011#889232
2010#845250
2009#978203
2008#985200
2007#1,029183
2006#926204
2005#1,026164
2004#1,216125
2003#1,197123
2002#1,098133
2001#1,045140
2000#1,241107
1999#1,32990
1998#1,38384
1997#1,36681
1996#1,87248
1995#1,52762
1994#1,47764
1993#1,74149
1992#1,88443
1991#1,32572
1990#1,66249
1989#1,36265
1988#1,42754
1987#1,21863
1986#1,33454
1985#1,01181
1984#1,04273
1983#91693
1982#95788
1981#818115
1980#819115
1979#785121
1978#88095
1977#773121
1976#1,00568
1975#1,22848
1974#1,43936
1973#2,51315
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1971#3,6588
1970#4,7245
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1956#3,2167
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1929#3,9595
1928#3,3577
1927#2,70310
1926#4,2015
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1924#4,3475
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1919#4,1685
1918#3,0968
1917#3,5456
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Jerimiah! It came in at #3,545, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1926, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jerimiah is popular in 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,036 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,021 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #834 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,819 boysMINew York: #1,125 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 12,031 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #768 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,651 boysINOhio: #713 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 7,281 boysOHPennsylvania: #919 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,631 boysPANew Jersey: #943 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,387 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,360 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 21,180 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #748 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,806 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #975 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,463 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #621 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,020 boysLAMississippi: #515 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,950 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #941 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,530 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jerimiah, so not publishedHITexas: #789 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 8,232 boysTXFlorida: #867 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 8,250 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#515 · 1 in 2,950
  2. Louisiana#621 · 1 in 4,020
  3. Ohio#713 · 1 in 7,281
  4. Missouri#748 · 1 in 6,806
  5. Indiana#768 · 1 in 7,651

Best ever in a state: #234 in Utah, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#51551 in 2,950
Louisiana#62161 in 4,020
Ohio#71391 in 7,281
Missouri#74851 in 6,806
Indiana#76851 in 7,651
Texas#789221 in 8,232
Michigan#83471 in 7,819
Florida#867121 in 8,250
Pennsylvania#91961 in 10,631
Georgia#94171 in 8,530
New Jersey#94351 in 9,387
North Carolina#97551 in 10,463
Illinois#1,03671 in 11,021
New York#1,12591 in 12,031
California#1,360121 in 21,180
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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 Jerimiah
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 155 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #3,848)
  • 1,089 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #3,848)
  • 2,202 spots since 2015 (#1,646 → #3,848)
  • Biggest jump: 232 spots in 1977 (#1,005 → #773)
  • Biggest drop: 241 spots in 2012 (#889 → #1,130)
Rise & fade · boys
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1977 at #773 (121 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1977–1983
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,675
  • Highest: 1 in 7,675 boys born in 2010 were named Jerimiah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #773 in 1977, was only 1 in 13,580 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 31.2% of all boys named Jerimiah (1,582) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s19#3,096 (1918)#3,603
1920s37#2,703 (1927)#3,815
1930s11#3,361 (1932)#3,440
1940s0——
1950s31#3,095 (1952)#3,396
1960s5#4,039 (1964)#4,039
1970s517#773 (1977)#1,889
1980s801#818 (1981)#1,090
1990s642#1,325 (1991)#1,557
2000s1,582#926 (2006)#1,074
2010s1,234#845 (2010)#1,625
2020s199#2,759 (2020)#3,500

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.

Jerimiah in 2005

boys
#1,026
164 births · 1 in 12,179 boys

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #1,026Jerimiah164
More about 2005

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 12,179 of them was named Jerimiah, which outranked 92.3% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerimiah
  1. #1,021Heriberto165
  2. #1,021Lonnie165
  3. #1,021Treyton165
  4. #1,026Jerimiah164
  5. #1,026Eddy164
  6. #1,026Jaedon164
  7. #1,026Jayvon164
  8. #1,032Brogan163
  9. #1,032Javen163
  10. #1,032Kael163

Tied with 5 names at #1,026; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2005 →