How rare is the name Jerimiah?

4,603 people in the United States have the first name Jerimiah, about 1 in 65,616. It ranks #4,170 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JERIMIAH

#4,170

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,603
About
1 in 65,616
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,603 people named Jerimiah, 40.1% reported their origin as White, 30.7% 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.

Jerimiah peaked in 2010, when 250 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
250
In 2025*
28 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,078 babies have been given the name since 1917. 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.

Jerimiah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,405. The largest share of babies named Jerimiah, 48.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#8,35719
1920s#8,45737
1930s#10,17411
1950s#9,48731
1960s#17,2535
1970s#2,902517
1980s#2,487801
1990s#3,608642
2000s#2,4051,582
2010s#3,0941,234
2020s#7,410199
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–8012.4%
Millennials 1981–9621.1%
Generation Z 1997–1248.9%
2013 and later15.5%

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 Jerimiah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jerimiah has been most common in Florida (2.8×), Colorado (2.2×), and Texas (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.44×).

2,403 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 Jerimiah

#4,168 Maryalice · 4,606#4,168 Sydnie · 4,606#4,171 Gaye · 4,601#4,171 Radhika · 4,601

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jerimiah, most common first.

#355 Jeremiah · 157,203#4,974 Jeramiah · 3,575#5,438 Jermiah · 3,164#11,873 Jeremia · 1,064#13,586 Jeremih · 885#16,936 Jeremyah · 659#22,003 Jerimah · 456#28,490 Jermia · 315

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