How rare is the name Jeremias?

4,588 people in the United States have the first name Jeremias, about 1 in 65,831. It ranks #4,178 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JEREMIAS

#4,178

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,588
About
1 in 65,831
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,588 people named Jeremias, 85.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.7% as White. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jeremias peaked in 2024, when 314 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19602025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
314
In 2025*
286 ▼9%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,032 babies have been given the name since 1960. 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.

Jeremias by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,878. The largest share of babies named Jeremias, 58.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#10,01038
1970s#6,653142
1980s#5,621241
1990s#5,346359
2000s#3,720855
2010s#2,3251,849
2020s#1,8781,548
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–804%
Millennials 1981–968.6%
Generation Z 1997–1228.6%
2013 and later58.5%

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 Jeremias is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jeremias has been most common in Florida (3.3×), Texas (3.2×), and California (2×), and least common in Illinois (0.25×).

3,457 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.

Exactly as common as Jeremias

1 other first name also has 4,588 people.

#4,178 Annetta · 4,588

Either side of Jeremias

#4,177 Lailah · 4,590#4,178 Annetta · 4,588#4,180 Ena · 4,587#4,181 Kadin · 4,586

Also a last name

As a last name, Jeremias ranks #51,662 of 156,621, with 435 people. See Jeremias as a last name

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