Yerachmiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yeh-rahkh-mee-EL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Yerachmiel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will have mercy”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Yerachmiel mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew original of the biblical Jerahmeel
“God will have mercy”
Jerahmeel appears in the Bible as a son of Hezron and as a royal officer in the Book of Jeremiah.
Is Yerachmiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yerachmiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yerachmiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Yerachmiel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had fewer boys named Yerachmiel than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Yerachmiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yerachmiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
Names like Yerachmiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aziel, Azriel, Ezekiel, Jaziel, Adriel, Eliel, Thiago, Haziel, Yadiel, Axel, Abdiel, Oziel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yerachmiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yerachmiel, updated 20 October 2026.