Jeremiyah

Gender: Boy
Say it: jer-e-MY-a
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #5,606 for boys

Jeremiyah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).

What does Jeremiyah mean?

Hebrew: variant of Jeremiah

“God will exalt”

Jeremiah was the Old Testament prophet traditionally credited with the Book of Jeremiah and Lamentations.

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

Jeremiyah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jeremiyah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,606th among boys
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising up 32% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Jeremiyah, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.

Half of all the boys named Jeremiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Jeremiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.

Jerimiah 28
Jeramiah 26
Jeremiyah 16
Jeremyah 12

2003Busiest: 23 in 20112025

Jeremiyah in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	16	#5,606
2024	17	#5,439
2023	12	#6,892
2022	11	#7,256
2021	9	#8,161
2020	12	#6,616
2019	10	#7,638
2018	12	#6,699
2017	13	#6,334
2016	15	#5,785
2015	10	#7,486
2014	20	#4,698
2013	13	#6,236
2012	22	#4,387
2011	23	#4,219
2010	18	#5,044
2009	12	#6,798
2008	17	#5,244
2007	14	#5,898
2006	13	#6,090
2005	8	#8,292
2004	0	–
2003	5	#10,886