Yeremi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yeh-REH-mee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Yeremi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Yeremi mean?
Hebrew: Spanish phonetic spelling of Jeremy
“God will exalt”
It comes from Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet traditionally credited with the Book of Lamentations.
Is Yeremi a girl's or a boy's name?
Yeremi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yeremi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Yeremi, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Yeremi in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yeremi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
Names like Yeremi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi, Omari, Om, Ayomide, Tadeo, Nolawi, Kwame, Kobe, Atom, Yechiel, Ori, Amiri
Names related to Yeremi
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, “Yeremi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yeremi, updated 20 October 2026.