Jerimiah
Boy · jer-i-MY-a · Hebrew
Jerimiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Jerimiah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jeremiah
“God will exalt”
A spelling of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet whose book records the fall of Jerusalem.
- Say it
- jer-i-MY-a
Is Jerimiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerimiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jerimiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Jerimiah, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 250 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Jerimiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Jerimiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
Jerimiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,299 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 98 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 96 | #1,646 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,551 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,326 |
| 2012 | 162 | #1,130 |
| 2011 | 232 | #889 |
| 2010 | 250 | #845 |
| 2009 | 203 | #978 |
| 2008 | 200 | #985 |
| 2007 | 183 | #1,029 |
| 2006 | 204 | #926 |
| 2005 | 164 | #1,025 |
| 2004 | 125 | #1,214 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,196 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,097 |
| 2001 | 140 | #1,044 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,238 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,326 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,380 |
| 1997 | 81 | #1,363 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,522 |
| 1994 | 64 | #1,472 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,879 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1990 | 49 | #1,657 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,357 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,216 |
| 1986 | 54 | #1,333 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,010 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,041 |
| 1983 | 93 | #916 |
| 1982 | 88 | #957 |
| 1981 | 115 | #818 |
| 1980 | 115 | #819 |
| 1979 | 121 | #785 |
| 1978 | 95 | #880 |
| 1977 | 121 | #773 |
| 1976 | 68 | #1,005 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,228 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Nicknames for Jerimiah
Names like Jerimiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jeremiah Josiah Jedidiah Zachariah Nehemiah Zechariah Azariah Jonah Uriah Joshua Judah Ibrahim
Other spellings of Jerimiah
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