Jeremy
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Meaning
“God will uplift”
Goes by Jem, Jerry, Jez. See all nicknames
Famously borne by Jeremy Jones, the big mountain snowboarder who founded Protect Our Winters. Famously borne by basketball star Jeremy Lin, a popular 1980s-90s ABC pick.
The story
Jeremy is the English form of Jeremiah, shaped first as a medieval vernacular name and later used in some English New Testament translations. The longer Hebrew name is traditionally read as Yahweh will exalt, but Jeremy developed its own English sound and familiar forms such as Jem, Jerry, and Jez. Its US curve is strongly generational. The name is nearly absent in the early decades, begins to register in the 1960s, rises sharply in the 1970s, and reaches its high point in the 1980s. It then steps down through the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. That compact rise and fall makes Jeremy feel younger than its medieval history. It is an old biblical form wearing the clear timestamp of late twentieth-century America, formal enough to stand alone and relaxed enough to shorten easily.
Jeremy in song
Jeremy
Pearl Jam (1991)
Eddie Vedder wrote it after reading a newspaper story about the death of a Texas teenager, a song about a kid nobody was really listening to, and the 1992 video made it inescapable.
How popular is Jeremy around the world?
In the United States, 8,410 babies were named Jeremy between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 11 boys were registered as Jeremy in 2017.
Jeremy is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Montevideo, Chile, Canada, Ireland, England and Wales, Argentina, Austria, Scotland, Spain, Poland, France and Brazil.
Jeremy crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish
United States
1 in 2,600
In the United States, 8,410 babies were named Jeremy between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jeremy peaked in the 1980s. Jeremy went to 2,393 US babies in 2015 and 1,152 in 2025, 48% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 1,7002017
In South Australia, 11 boys were registered as Jeremy in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Puerto Rico
1 in 2,600
In Puerto Rico, 7 babies were named Jeremy in 2025, and 3,053 have carried the name since 1998.
share of that year’s births on record
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Mexico City City
1 in 2,700
In Mexico City, there were 44 registrations of Jeremy in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (2 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Montevideo City
1 in 2,7002011
In Montevideo, 9 boys named Jeremy were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Chile
1 in 3,000
In Chile, 59 boys were registered as Jeremy in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Canada
1 in 3,500
In Canada, 105 boys named Jeremy were born in 2024, the 315th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Ireland
1 in 6,800
In Ireland, 8 boys named Jeremy were born in 2025, the 432nd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
England and Wales
1 in 8,400
In England and Wales, 70 boys named Jeremy were born in 2025, the 556th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Argentina
1 in 10,000
In Argentina, 65 newborns were given the name Jeremy in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Austria
1 in 15,000
In Austria, 5 boys named Jeremy were born in 2025, the 720th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Scotland
1 in 15,000
In Scotland, 3 boys named Jeremy were registered in 2024, the 727th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Spain
1 in 33,000
In Spain, 1,365 residents are named Jeremy, ranked 1,098th among men, with a mean age of 18.9 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Poland
1 in 62,000
In Poland, 4 boys named Jeremy were born in 2025, the 490th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)
France
1 in 64,000
In France, about 10 boys named Jeremy were born in 2025, ranked 2,410th among boys that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Jeremy, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Brazil
1 in 500,000
At the 2022 census, 335 people in Brazil were named Jeremy, ranked 17,651st, with a median age of 12.
Among people named Jeremy living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 47 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
New South Wales
outside the top 100
Jeremy is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.
share of that year’s top-100 registrations
New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names
New Zealand
last on record 2023
Jeremy is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Jeremy
Most people given the name Jeremy in the United States were born between 1970 and 1999. The Jeremy you meet today is most often in his 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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