Jeremy
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god will uplift or exalt.
How Jeremy has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #174 |
| 2016 | #185 |
| 2017 | #193 |
| 2018 | #205 |
| 2019 | #216 |
| 2020 | #232 |
| 2021 | #239 |
| 2022 | #245 |
| 2023 | #245 |
| 2024 | #266 |
| 2025 | #292 |
Jeremy by the numbers
In 2025, 70 babies in England and Wales were named Jeremy. In the US, 2,040 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 21,614 babies in 1977, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1980, about 1 in 93 American boys born that year was called Jeremy.
Names that come from Jeremy
Forms of Jeremy in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jeremy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jeremigod will exalt; a form of jeremiah18 in the US (2017)
- Jheremygod will exalt; a form of Jeremy17 in the US (2017)
- Jeramya form of jeremy; exalted of the lord13 in the US (2017)
- Jeremeygod exalts; misspelling of Jeremy10 in the US (2017)
- Jeremeexalted by the lord; spelling variant of Jeremy5 in the US (2017)
- Jeromy8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jeremy
Names that are said the same way as Jeremy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jeremihvariant spelling of Jeremy or Jeremiah86 in the US (2017)
- Geremygod will uplift; variant of jeremy15 in the US (2017)
- Jeremiegod will exalt; a form of Jeremy15 in the US (2017)
- Jeramiegod will exalt; a variant of Jeremiah11 in the US (2017)
- Jeramiexalted by the lord; spelling variant of Jeremiah5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Jeremy, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Jeremy
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