Boys' name · since 1971
Jerremy
410 babies named Jerremy in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,882 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 410
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
410 boys have been named Jerremy since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jerremy has 410 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2018.
- #8,882 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 410 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerremy ranks #8,882 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 410 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,882 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 410
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jerremy's 410 recorded births place it above 80.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerremy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jerremy splits its recorded history at 1990: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jerremy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2018
- Peak year (1978)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Jerremy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (148 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Jerremy's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jerremy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
109 births
- 1980s
1980s
148 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s 42
2000s
42 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 148 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Jerremy's decade-level peak was the 1980s (148 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jerremy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1971–2018 (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 Jerremy 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.