Boys' name · since 2004

Jaremiah

44 babies named Jaremiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#23,043 of 45,481
all-time among boys
44
born since 2004
2010s
peak decade

Jaremiah sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 44 recorded since 2004.

Jaremiah has 44 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2019.

  • #23,043 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 44 born since 2004
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaremiah ranks #23,043 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.

#23,043 of 45,481
all-time among boys
44
born since 2004
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jaremiah's 44 recorded births place it above 49.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jaremiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Jaremiah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Jaremiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2019

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2011)
7
Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2004201020112012201320152019 6

Jaremiah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (39 births, 89% of the file).

2010s was Jaremiah's strongest decade.

39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.

Jaremiah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 39 births (89% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaremiah? ▼
Since 2004, Social Security records show 44 babies named Jaremiah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #23,043 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2019. Its busiest year on record was 2011, with 7 births.
Where does Jaremiah sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaremiah ranks #23,043 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jaremiah most popular? ▼
Jaremiah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 39 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Jaremiah been used? ▼
Jaremiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 16 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jaremiah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jared, Jarrod, Jarrett, Jarvis, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Keep exploring Jaremiah

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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Jaremiah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jaremiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaremiah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.