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Jeremih

Gender
Boy
Say it
jer-a-MY
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#5,859 for boys

Jeremih is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).

What does Jeremih mean?

Hebrew: respelling of Jeremiah

“God will exalt”

A respelling of Jeremiah made known by the American R&B singer Jeremih.

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

Jeremih is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jeremih in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,859th among boys
Babies in 2025
15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Jeremih, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,322nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 123 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.

2025 had the fewest boys named Jeremih since it first appeared, in 2009.

Half of all the boys named Jeremih in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

2009Busiest: 123 in 20152025
Jeremih in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#5,859
202427#3,984
202323#4,452
202227#3,992
202146#2,731
202058#2,322
201957#2,363
201882#1,837
201786#1,780
2016121#1,433
2015123#1,396
201474#1,944
201378#1,826
201295#1,625
2011121#1,377
2010112#1,462
200988#1,741

Nicknames for Jeremih

Names like Jeremih

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

Names related to Jeremih

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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, “Jeremih: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeremih, updated 20 October 2026.