Jeremia — #7871 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jeremia

The Social Security Administration has registered 706 babies named Jeremia between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeremia currently holds the #7871 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeremia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jeremia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeremia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeremia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 706 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.