Jeremy

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god will uplift or exalt.

Babies a year
2,040
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#292
down from #266
UK popularity
#556
70 babies · up from #592

How Jeremy has moved

US popularity rank, 20152025. Lower is more popular.
#149#233#317201520202025#292

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#174
2016#185
2017#193
2018#205
2019#216
2020#232
2021#239
2022#245
2023#245
2024#266
2025#292

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. Its US peak was 21,614 in 1977.

Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Jeremy was most common in 1980, when it went to 1.07% of American babies of that sex.

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