Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jeremiah

#171 most common boys' name of all time · #356 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#171
Rank overall
#356 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
226,373
Since 2016
47,378
Peak year
2010 #51
Best rank
#49 2011
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 7,756/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Jeremiah is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 3,840 3,849 #88
2024 6 3,735 3,741 #93
2023 — 3,771 3,771 #92
2022 7 3,886 3,893 #93
2021 8 4,257 4,265 #82
2020 — 4,602 4,602 #74
2019 6 5,080 5,086 #69
2018 11 5,632 5,643 #64
2017 7 5,887 5,894 #63
2016 5 6,629 6,634 #58
2015 9 6,827 6,836 #54
2014 11 6,899 6,910 #56
2013 7 6,993 7,000 #58
2012 18 7,498 7,516 #52
2011 16 7,630 7,646 #49
2010 13 7,743 7,756 #51
2009 16 7,235 7,251 #65
2008 14 6,594 6,608 #68
2007 10 6,630 6,640 #67
2006 12 6,544 6,556 #71
2005 13 5,847 5,860 #78
2004 36 5,381 5,417 #77
2003 9 4,855 4,864 #90
2002 9 4,720 4,729 #86
2001 13 4,223 4,236 #90
2000 6 3,643 3,649 #102
1999 11 3,304 3,315 #108
1998 13 3,223 3,236 #114
1997 5 2,930 2,935 #128
1996 12 2,103 2,115 #164
1995 11 2,054 2,065 #163
1994 9 2,081 2,090 #159
1993 7 1,911 1,918 #166
1992 8 1,938 1,946 #161
1991 9 2,096 2,105 #156
1990 5 2,008 2,013 #154
1989 — 2,147 2,147 #144
1988 16 2,190 2,206 #136
1987 16 2,137 2,153 #130
1986 15 2,381 2,396 #118
1985 18 2,533 2,551 #111
1984 21 2,776 2,797 #102
1983 28 2,849 2,877 #99
1982 28 3,329 3,357 #89
1981 31 3,896 3,927 #77
1980 31 4,093 4,124 #76
1979 28 3,719 3,747 #81
1978 25 3,445 3,470 #81
1977 35 4,151 4,186 #69
1976 13 2,872 2,885 #93
1975 15 1,651 1,666 #149
1974 11 1,294 1,305 #178
1973 7 765 772 #256
1972 — 341 341 #431
1971 — 322 322 #452
1970 — 217 217 #552
1969 — 159 159 #623
1968 — 130 130 #660
1967 — 126 126 #667
1966 — 130 130 #649
1965 — 100 100 #740
1964 — 121 121 #704
1963 — 139 139 #662
1962 — 128 128 #686
1961 — 128 128 #680
1960 — 151 151 #634
1959 — 152 152 #627
1958 — 151 151 #626
1957 — 186 186 #565
1956 — 163 163 #597
1955 — 168 168 #573
1954 — 170 170 #561
1953 — 143 143 #608
1952 — 173 173 #537
1951 — 151 151 #555
1950 — 164 164 #524
1949 — 162 162 #524
1948 — 140 140 #564
1947 — 130 130 #597
1946 — 119 119 #589
1945 — 118 118 #553
1944 — 100 100 #615
1943 — 121 121 #576
1942 — 130 130 #537
1941 — 121 121 #537
1940 — 119 119 #539
1939 — 104 104 #560
1938 — 110 110 #553
1937 — 109 109 #558
1936 — 108 108 #549
1935 — 111 111 #547
1934 — 123 123 #526
1933 — 111 111 #540
1932 — 121 121 #532
1931 — 115 115 #546
1930 — 127 127 #530
1929 — 114 114 #553
1928 — 112 112 #584
1927 — 137 137 #522
1926 — 115 115 #573
1925 — 128 128 #544
1924 — 125 125 #570
1923 — 124 124 #556
1922 — 128 128 #559
1921 — 129 129 #550
1920 — 129 129 #539
1919 — 121 121 #543
1918 — 105 105 #596
1917 — 104 104 #581
1916 — 109 109 #548
1915 — 76 76 #667
1914 — 83 83 #539
1913 — 79 79 #487
1912 — 57 57 #523
1911 — 37 37 #482
1910 — 35 35 #465
1909 — 25 25 #522
1908 — 23 23 #524
1907 — 22 22 #498
1906 — 22 22 #474
1905 — 27 27 #410
1904 — 35 35 #341
1903 — 24 24 #405
1902 — 30 30 #361
1901 — 21 21 #411
1900 — 43 43 #325
1899 — 24 24 #378
1898 — 30 30 #354
1897 — 31 31 #335
1896 — 43 43 #280
1895 — 28 28 #350
1894 — 28 28 #339
1893 — 29 29 #325
1892 — 33 33 #322
1891 — 32 32 #294
1890 — 35 35 #291
1889 — 42 42 #259
1888 — 34 34 #309
1887 — 38 38 #266
1886 — 40 40 #269
1885 — 40 40 #264
1884 — 38 38 #279
1883 — 37 37 #274
1882 — 33 33 #300
1881 — 34 34 #271
1880 — 37 37 #278