Jeremiyah — #5576 US boys' name
286 babies named Jeremiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Jeremiyah was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Jeremiyah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeremiyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Jeremiyah between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeremiyah currently holds the #5576 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeremiyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jeremiyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeremiyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeremiyah 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 286 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.
Jeremiyah at a glance
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Current rank
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Jeremiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2011)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #5576 among boys.
286 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 23 births in a single year.
Jeremiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 156 births that decade — 55% of Jeremiyah's all-time total
Jeremiyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 156 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jeremiyah's strongest decade
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Jeremiyah by state
Where Jeremiyah concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 286 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.