Name profile

Jeremy

A name of English origin.

OriginEnglish
PronunciationEnglish /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ə.miː/; American English /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.mi/
Usage languagesBiblical, Dutch, English
US rank (2025)#292

Meaning and history

English form of Jeremiah, originally a medieval vernacular form; this spelling appears in some English versions of the New Testament.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 3,446 births, rank #124
2007: 3,431 births, rank #122
2008: 3,256 births, rank #129
2009: 2,943 births, rank #140
2010: 2,823 births, rank #142
20112011: 2,527 births, rank #152
2012: 2,837 births, rank #138
2013: 2,528 births, rank #160
2014: 2,522 births, rank #169
2015: 2,393 births, rank #175
20162016: 2,135 births, rank #185
2017: 2,047 births, rank #193
2018: 1,971 births, rank #204
2019: 1,767 births, rank #216
2020: 1,607 births, rank #232
20212021: 1,485 births, rank #239
2022: 1,437 births, rank #246
2023: 1,419 births, rank #245
2024: 1,310 births, rank #266
20252025: 1,152 births, rank #292

Jeremy moved from #266 to #292 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1977, with 21,610 births.