Jeremias
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #853 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Jeremias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 853rd for boys in the US (286 babies).
What does Jeremias mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew, more common in the forms Jeremy and Jeremiah.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jeremias a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeremias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 286 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeremias in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Jeremias, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Jeremias in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
How popular is Jeremias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 853rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 286 about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 286 boys in the US were named Jeremias, making it the 853rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 935th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 314 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Jeremias in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeremias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 286 | #853 |
| 2024 | 314 | #800 |
| 2023 | 224 | #977 |
| 2022 | 251 | #921 |
| 2021 | 238 | #949 |
| 2020 | 235 | #935 |
| 2019 | 249 | #882 |
| 2018 | 243 | #890 |
| 2017 | 210 | #980 |
| 2016 | 204 | #999 |
| 2015 | 169 | #1,130 |
| 2014 | 169 | #1,130 |
| 2013 | 153 | #1,174 |
| 2012 | 179 | #1,060 |
| 2011 | 128 | #1,327 |
| 2010 | 145 | #1,219 |
| 2009 | 128 | #1,347 |
| 2008 | 134 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,433 |
| 2006 | 87 | #1,638 |
| 2005 | 91 | #1,544 |
| 2004 | 74 | #1,717 |
| 2003 | 67 | #1,778 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,741 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | 51 | #1,989 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,900 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,692 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
Names like Jeremias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias, Elias, Jude, Jonah, Matteo, Elijah, Asher, Josiah, Ezekiel, Noah, Jaxon, Matias
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
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, “Jeremias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeremias, updated 20 October 2026.