Jeremia
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- je-re-MY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Jeremia is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Jeremia mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jeremiah
“God will exalt”
Jeremiah, the Hebrew prophet who foresaw the fall of Jerusalem, is traditionally credited with the Book of Lamentations.
Meaning borrowed from Jeremiah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jeremia a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeremia is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeremia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Jeremia, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1978, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Jeremia in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,847 boys in the US were given Jeremia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #98, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Jeremiah 3,840
- Jeremia 7
Jeremia in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Nicknames for Jeremia
- Jerry 15 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jeremia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Joshua, Josiah, Jacob, Zachariah, Jordan, Jonah, Ezekiel, Jake, Elijah, Caleb, Benjamin, Isaiah
Other spellings of Jeremia
Names related to Jeremia
Jeremy, Jerimiah, Jeremih, Jermiah, Jeremie, Jeremi, Jeremyah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jeremia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeremia, updated 20 October 2026.