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How popular is the name Jeremiah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jeremiahs are alive today.
Jeremiah (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 314th in 2025 with 141 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2016, when 201 babies were given the name, the 263rd most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 353 in 2022 before climbing back to the 314th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Common short forms of Jeremiah include Jeremy.
The Jeremiah you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Jeremiahs born in England and Wales are between 6 and 17, and there are at least 3,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1% chance that at least one of them will be called Jeremiah.
How many babies are named Jeremiah each year?
Where does Jeremiah rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jeremiah most popular?
Jeremiah peaked in 2016, when 201 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Jeremiah?
At least 3,100 people named Jeremiah born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jeremiah?
Most living Jeremiahs are between 6 and 17; the most common age is about 11.
Is Jeremiah becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.