Girls' name · since 1997
Jermiya
142 babies named Jermiya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,337 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jermiya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 142 have been recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Jermiya recorded 142 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2018.
- #23,337 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 142 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jermiya ranks #23,337 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 142 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,337 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jermiya's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jermiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jermiya's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jermiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2018
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Jermiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Jermiya's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Jermiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Jermiya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2010s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jermiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~21 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, 1997–2018 (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 Jermiya 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.