first name
JERAMIAH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,575 people named Jeramiah, 42.6% reported their origin as White, 24.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jeramiah peaked in 2010, when 276 babies got the name.
At least 4,766 babies have been given the name since 1973. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jeramiah by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,212. The largest share of babies named Jeramiah, 56.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jeramiah is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jeramiah has been most common in New Mexico (4.4×), Colorado (3.8×), and California (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.47×).
2,450 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 other first names also have 3,575 people.
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Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jeramiah, most common first.
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