Jermiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jer-MY-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Jermiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Jermiah mean?
Hebrew: shortened spelling of Jeremiah
“God will exalt”
A shortened spelling of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet.
Is Jermiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jermiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jermiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Jermiah, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 164 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Jermiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jermiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 92 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,439 |
| 2011 | 123 | #1,364 |
| 2010 | 164 | #1,133 |
| 2009 | 148 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,361 |
| 2007 | 102 | #1,539 |
| 2006 | 145 | #1,163 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,232 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,307 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,408 |
| 2002 | 86 | #1,471 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,375 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,404 |
| 1999 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1998 | 61 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 37 | #2,213 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 50 | #1,324 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
Nicknames for Jermiah
- Jerm
Names like Jermiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josiah Jeremiah Jonah Uriah Isaiah Zachariah Elijah Joshua Judah Nehemiah Jesiah Jacob
Names related to Jermiah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Jermiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jermiah, updated 20 October 2026.