Jeremyah
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Meaning
a modern American spelling of Jeremiah, from the Hebrew name Yirmeyahu, "Yahweh will exalt"
How popular is Jeremyah around the world?
In the United States, 111 babies were named Jeremyah between 2020 and 2025.
Jeremyah is on the official records of the United States.
United States
1 in 200,000
In the United States, 111 babies were named Jeremyah between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jeremyah peaked in the 2010s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Not on 16 other recordsWhy
- Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
- Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only).
- 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 Jeremyah
Most people given the name Jeremyah in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Jeremyah deep dive
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