Jeremiah
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Jeremiah
Jeremiah is a solid Old Testament prophet name that has gradually taken the place of the now dated Jeremy, Gerard and Gerald, joining other currently popular biblical 'iah' names like Josiah and Isaiah. In the Bible Jeremiah is a famous prophet whose story is recorded in the book named after him.
Dickens used the name in two of his novels--Little Dorrit and A Tale of Two Cities-- and other fictional Jeremiahs have been spotted in such movies and TV shows as Oz, Zoey101 and The Princess Diaries. Leonard Bernstein composed a work called Jeremiah Symphony.
Caveats: Once-logical nickname Jerry sounds like the family dentist, and some may make the Jeremiah bullfrog association.
A related, more unusual biblical option: Jeriah.
Jeremiah is also given to girls, where it ranks #10461 in the US.
Pronounced jer-uh-MY-uh.
As of October 2026, Jeremiah ranked #88 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #49 in 2011, Nameberry popularity #608.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #56 | 6,895 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #54 | 6,826 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #58 | 6,626 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #63 | 5,880 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #65 | 5,627 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #69 | 5,073 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #74 | 4,596 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #83 | 4,250 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #93 | 3,875 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #92 | 3,764 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #93 | 3,702 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #88 | 3,840 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Jeremiah for boys
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Jeremiah on lists
Famous Jeremiahs
- JeremiahBoy
head of the house of his fathers, of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chr. 5:24)
- JeremiahBoy
of the tribe of Benjamin, follower of David (1 Chr. 12:4)
- JeremiahBoy
of the tribe of Gad, follower of David (1 Chr. 12:10)
- JeremiahBoy
of the tribe of Gad, another follower of David (1 Chr. 12:13)
- Jeremiah of LibnahBoy
grandfather of Judean kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah
- JeremiahBoy
son of Habaziniah, a Rechabite (Jeremiah 35:3)
- JeremiahBoy
sealer of a covenant (Nehemiah 10:2)
- (John) Jeremiah "LiverBoy
Eating" Johnson, American frontiersman
- Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828Boy
1904), hymnist
- Jeremiah MorrowBoy
American politician; 9th Governor of Ohio
- Jeremiah Andrew DentonBoy
Jr., U.S. Navy real admiral and Senator from Alabama
- Jeremiah Alvesta WrightBoy
American pastor to President Barack Obama
- Jeremiah "Jerry" O'ConnellBoy
American actor
- Jeremiah CoghlanBoy
British naval officer
- Jeremiah Denis Mathias FordBoy
American linguist
- Jeremiah TrotterBoy
American football player
- Jeremiah Taeatafa MasoliBoy
American CFL football player
- Jeremiah GoodmanBoy
American illustrator
- Jeremiah Jordan RiversBoy
American basketball player; son of coach Doc Rivers
- Jeremiah RaberBoy
Amish man on reality TV series "Breaking Amish"
- Jeremiah "Jere" CohanBoy
American actor
- Jeremiah Scott "Jair" Willis (b. 1993)Boy
second child (1st son) of the family band The Willis Clan
- Jeremiah Robert Duggar (b. 1998)Boy
11th child (6th son) of the reality TV's Duggar family; twin of brother Jedidiah
- Jeremiah Gray (b. 2001)Boy
son of NFL player and pastor Derwin Gray
- Jeremiah Wynn (b. 2007)Boy
son of NFL player Jarius Wynn
- Jeremiah Angel Solomon (b. 2009)Boy
octuplet of Nadya Suleman
- Jeremiah McDonald (b. 2012)Boy
son of professional soccer player Jessica McDonald
Jeremiah in pop culture
- Jeremiah FisherBoy
character in Jenny Han's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"
- Jeremiah KincaidBoy
character from movie "So Dear to My Heart"
- Jeremiah TortoiseBoy
character on TV series "Bear in the Big Blue House"
- Jeremiah "Jem" MerlynBoy
character in Daphne du Maurier's "Jamaica Inn"
- Jeremiah DanversBoy
character on TV's "Supergirl"
- Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" JonesBoy
character on British TV series "Skins"
- "Jeremiah was a bullfrogBoy
" first line of the song "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
- "JeremiahBoy
" TV series and its main character
- Jeremiah "Jeremy" HeereBoy
character in "Be More Chill"
- Jeremiah "Miah" RoselindBoy
character in the novel "If You Come Softly" by Jacqueline Woodson
- Jeremiah “Jemmy” Alexander Ian Fraser MackenzieBoy
character in the “Outlander” novel and TV series