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Jeremiah

Gender
Boy
Say it
je-re-MY-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#328 for boys
US rank, 2025
#88 for boys

Jeremiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 328th for boys in the UK (150 babies) and 88th for boys in the US (3,840 babies).

What does Jeremiah mean?

Hebrew

“God will exalt”

Jeremiah, the Hebrew prophet who foresaw the fall of Jerusalem, is traditionally credited with the Book of Lamentations.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Jeremiah a girl's or a boy's name?

Jeremiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 150 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 3,840 boys in the US.

How popular is Jeremiah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
328th among boys
Babies in 2025
150 about 1 in 2,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 150 boys in the UK were named Jeremiah, making it the 328th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 370th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 208 boys.

2025 had more boys named Jeremiah than any year since 2016.

Half of all the boys named Jeremiah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 314th in England and Wales, 560th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 208 in 20162025
Jeremiah in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025150#328
2024135#362
2023144#340
2022124#381
2021145#352
2020134#370
2019139#365
2018142#359
2017146#365
2016208#283
2015144#361
2014154#329
2013172#294
2012153#333
2011143#346
2010134#353
200989#467
2008102#406
200778#485
200666#517
200556#536
200452#549
200338#646
200251#481
200130#673
200030#665
199931#633
199822#790
199732#599
199627#645

How popular is Jeremiah in the US?

Rank in 2025
88th among boys
Babies in 2025
3,840 about 1 in 440 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 26% in five years
Same name in a class
3.1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3,840 boys in the US were named Jeremiah, making it the 88th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 74th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7,743 boys. 9 girls were also named Jeremiah in 2025 (10,104th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Jeremiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 7,743 in 20102025
Jeremiah in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253,840#88
20243,735#93
20233,771#92
20223,886#93
20214,257#82
20204,602#74
20195,080#69
20185,632#64
20175,887#63
20166,629#58
20156,827#54
20146,899#56
20136,993#58
20127,498#52
20117,630#49
20107,743#51
20097,235#65
20086,594#68
20076,630#67
20066,544#71
20055,847#78
20045,381#77
20034,855#90
20024,720#86
20014,223#90
20003,643#102
19993,304#108
19983,223#114
19972,930#128
19962,103#164
19952,054#163
19942,081#158
19931,911#166
19921,938#161
19912,096#156
19902,008#154
19892,147#144
19882,190#136
19872,137#130
19862,381#118
19852,533#111
19842,776#102
19832,849#99
19823,329#89
19813,896#77
19804,093#76
19793,719#81
19783,445#81
19774,151#69
19762,872#93
19751,651#149
19741,294#178
1973765#256
1972341#431
1971322#452
1970217#552
1969159#623
1968130#660
1967126#666
1966130#649
1965100#740
1964121#703
1963139#661
1962128#685
1961128#679
1960151#633
1959152#626
1958151#624
1957186#564
1956163#595
1955168#571
1954170#559
1953143#606
1952173#536
1951151#554
1950164#520
1949162#523
1948140#562
1947130#597
1946119#589
1945118#552
1944100#614
1943121#576
1942130#536
1941121#535
1940119#539
1939104#560
1938110#551
1937109#556
1936108#549
1935111#547
1934123#526
1933111#540
1932121#532
1931115#546
1930127#529
1929114#553
1928112#584
1927137#522
1926115#573
1925128#543
1924125#568
1923124#556
1922128#559
1921129#549
1920129#539
1919121#543
1918105#596
1917104#581
1916109#547
191576#667
191483#539
191379#487
191257#521
191137#481
191035#461
190925#519
190823#522
190722#495
190622#472
190527#410
190435#340
190324#401
190230#360
190121#407
190043#325
189924#376
189830#350
189731#331
189643#279
189528#347
189428#336
189329#323
189233#320
189132#291
189035#290
188942#251
188834#308
188738#261
188640#267
188540#263
188438#278
188337#273
188233#298
188134#270
188037#276

Nicknames for Jeremiah

Names like Jeremiah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Josiah, Jonah, Elijah, Noah, Isaiah, Zachariah, Gabriel, Tobias, Elias, Jacob, Caleb, Zachary

Other spellings of Jeremiah

Jeremia

Names related to Jeremiah

Jeremy, Jeremi, Jeremie, Jeramiah, Jerimiah, Jeremih, Jermiah, Jeremyah

More Hebrew names

Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jeremiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeremiah, updated 20 October 2026.