Jeremyah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jer-e-MY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Jeremyah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Jeremyah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jeremiah
“God will exalt”
Jeremiah was the biblical prophet who warned of Jerusalem's fall to Babylon.
Is Jeremyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeremyah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeremyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Jeremyah, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer boys named Jeremyah than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Jeremyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Jeremyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Jeremyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,184 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,143 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Nicknames for Jeremyah
- Jerry 15 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jeremyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azariah, Alijah, Josiah, Jasiah, Judah, Jaziel, Jesiah, Messiah, Jonah, Nehemiah, Hezekiah, Elijah
Other spellings of Jeremyah
Names related to Jeremyah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Jeremyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeremyah, updated 20 October 2026.