Jeremy — #266 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jeremy

The Social Security Administration has registered 445,276 babies named Jeremy between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeremy currently holds the #266 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 21,611 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeremy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 153,414 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jeremy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42,470 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeremy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeremy 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 445,276 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.