Jeramiah
Boy · jer-a-MY-a · Hebrew
Jeramiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Jeramiah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jeremiah
“God will exalt”
A spelling of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet traditionally credited with the Book of Lamentations.
- Say it
- jer-a-MY-a
Is Jeramiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeramiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeramiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Jeramiah, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,418th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 276 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer boys named Jeramiah than any year since 1974.
Half of all the boys named Jeramiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Jeramiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.
Jeramiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,418 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 88 | #1,754 |
| 2015 | 86 | #1,767 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,473 |
| 2013 | 138 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 197 | #1,006 |
| 2011 | 196 | #991 |
| 2010 | 276 | #791 |
| 2009 | 267 | #823 |
| 2008 | 241 | #877 |
| 2007 | 262 | #815 |
| 2006 | 206 | #919 |
| 2005 | 194 | #911 |
| 2004 | 171 | #976 |
| 2003 | 131 | #1,148 |
| 2002 | 119 | #1,175 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 87 | #1,353 |
| 1997 | 64 | #1,577 |
| 1996 | 55 | #1,702 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 46 | #1,819 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 49 | #1,657 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,561 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,153 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,428 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,192 |
| 1981 | 86 | #971 |
| 1980 | 101 | #891 |
| 1979 | 89 | #930 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
| 1977 | 98 | #859 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
Nicknames for Jeramiah
Names like Jeramiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Jeramiah
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