first name
JEREMIAH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 157,203 people named Jeremiah, 39.8% reported their origin as White, 31.3% as Black and 18.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jeremiah peaked in 2010, when 7,756 babies got the name.
At least 226,373 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Jeremiah by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #84. The largest share of babies named Jeremiah, 39%, 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 Jeremiah is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jeremiah has been most common in Alaska (2.7×), New Mexico (1.9×), and Florida (1.9×), and least common in Vermont (0.49×).
221,746 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.
Either side of Jeremiah
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jeremiah, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jeremiah ranks #18,879 of 156,621, with 1,441 people. See Jeremiah as a last name
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