Jeremiah
Jeremiah stands at #88 nationally in 2025, holding steady. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 225,674 American bearers across the record.
What Jeremiah carries
Jeremiah · Hebrew
“exalted of the Lord”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Jeremiah’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Jeremiah, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Jeremiah since 1880
Jeremiah peaked in 2010 at #51; #88 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Jeremiah is most common
Jeremiah is most common in Hawaii: 0.75% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Alaska (0.53%) and New Mexico (0.49%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Jeremiah
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jose
#95 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gabriella
#105 in 2025 · Hebrew
Eliza
#115 in 2025 · Hebrew
Giovanni
#123 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ezekiel
#61 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jonah
#128 in 2025 · Hebrew
Malachi
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathaniel
#140 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Jeremiah
How common is Jeremiah today?
Jeremiah stands at #88 nationally in 2025, holding steady. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Jeremiah?
“exalted of the Lord” is the meaning our source sets down, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Jeremiah?
Nearest by the published recipe: Jose, Gabriella and Eliza. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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