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Jeremiah
Pronounced /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
Rank in 2024
#93
Born in 2024
3,702
Peak year
2010 · #51
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,702 boys were named Jeremiah, about 1 in every 463.
- It peaked in 2010 with 7,742 babies, ranked #51.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 221,735 boys have been named Jeremiah since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jeremiah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 1.3Millennials1981–96
- 2.8Gen Z1997–12
- 3.0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,050 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 2,074 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,840 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 23,518 babies, 0.86 per 1,000. Millennials: 38,427 babies, 1.26 per 1,000. Gen Z: 87,994 babies, 2.80 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 64,103 babies, 2.95 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jeremiah, CC BY-SA 4.0.