Boys' name · since 1980
Jeremyah
981 babies named Jeremyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,196 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,928 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 981
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jeremyah currently ranks #6928 among boys' names in America, with 981 babies recorded since 1980.
Jeremyah has 981 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6928 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of boys, 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 1980 to 2025.
- #5,196 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,928 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 981 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeremyah ranks #5,196 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,928 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 981 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,196 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,928 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 981
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jeremyah's 981 recorded births place it above 88.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jeremyah compares
981 Top 32% higher than 68% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jeremyah's all-time total is 166% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jeremyah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 981 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 68 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jeremyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeremyah splits its recorded history at 2010: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 68 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jeremyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 68
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jeremyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (442 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Jeremyah's strongest decade.
442 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jeremyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
397 births
- 2010s
2010s
442 births
- 2020s 111
2020s
111 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 442 births (45% of all-time use).
How Jeremyah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jeremyah's total volume
Jeremyah by state
Where Jeremyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 76 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 57 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
76 of 981 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Jeremyah appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jeremyah's data
- Jeremyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (442 total births); usage has since declined to 111 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jeremyahs (76 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jeremyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
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, 1980–2025 (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 Jeremyah 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.