Jeremiah

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jeremiah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jeremiah: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #39, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
93times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#39highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jeremiah's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#605
1997	#554
1998	#780
1999	#603
2000	#616
2001	#617
2002	#436
2003	#586
2004	#510
2005	#493
2006	#472
2007	#441
2008	#382
2009	#438
2010	#328
2011	#317
2012	#299
2013	#273
2014	#301
2015	#329
2016	#263
2017	#336
2018	#331
2019	#333
2020	#342
2021	#321
2022	#353
2023	#310
2024	#346

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #346 among boys in England and Wales, #350 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #382 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #39 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #39 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeremiah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,689 births with the name.

Jeremiah across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jeremiah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#39 (1964)	#39 (1964)	#432 (2025)	62 of 62	2,689 (1964–2025)	162 (1965)
England and Wales · Boys	#605 (1996)	#263 (2016)	#346 (2024)	29 of 29	2,865 (1996–2024)	201 (2016)

Jeremiah by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jeremiah in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	828	6 of 10	138
1970s	880	10 of 10	88
1980s	501	10 of 10	50
1990s	198	10 of 10	20
2000s	109	10 of 10	11
2010s	106	10 of 10	11
2020s	67	6 of 10	11

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 138 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1967 and 1968, when recorded births fell by 33, from 140 to 107.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Jeremiah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Jeremiah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#346	126	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#310	142	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#353	120	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#321	144	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#342	131	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#333	137	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#331	139	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#336	142	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#263	201	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#329	142	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#301	152	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#273	171	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#299	152	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#317	140	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#328	133	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#438	86	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#382	99	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#441	78	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#472	66	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#493	56	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#510	51	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#586	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#436	51	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#617	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#616	30	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#603	29	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#554	32	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#605	27	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	14	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	14	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#335	12	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	15	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	15	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	20	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	21	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	23	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	16	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	29	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	34	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	43	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	35	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	33	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	39	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	48	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	54	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	62	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	51	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	63	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	73	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	61	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	69	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#93	71	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	78	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#81	92	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#76	92	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	84	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	112	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	102	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#59	119	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#60	110	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	107	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	140	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	148	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#42	162	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#39	161	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#382	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #39, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 20 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 201 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jeppe · #134, 43y
Jeremi · #698, 16y
Jeremy · #24, 61y
Jeriah · #1322, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eoghan · #39, 62y
Cormac · #37, 62y
Leslie · #37, 67y
Sheila · #37, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Bianca · #39, 54y
Cornelius · #39, 62y
Eoghan · #39, 62y
Monique · #39, 51y

Jeremiah was ranked #39 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jeremiah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jeremiah without appearing here.

Jeremiah moved ahead of

Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #780 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #603 and #973.
Garry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #605 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #554 and #914.
Keith Compare
In 2001 they stood at #617 and #576 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #436 and #781.
Derek Compare
In 1998 they stood at #780 and #544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #603 and #906.

Moved ahead of Jeremiah

Logan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #263 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #334 and #158.
Beau Compare
In 2017 they stood at #394 and #418 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #401 and #239.
Freddie Compare
In 2009 they stood at #337 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #422 and #269.
Jonah Compare
In 2008 they stood at #244 and #287 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #337 and #185.

Moved the opposite way to Jeremiah

Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremiah went from #39 to #432 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Isaac Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremiah went from #39 to #432 while Isaac went from #232 to #104.
Leo Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremiah went from #39 to #432 while Leo went from #101 to #10.
Oliver Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremiah went from #39 to #432 while Oliver went from #68 to #18.

Moved the same way as Jeremiah

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremiah went from #39 to #432 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremiah went from #39 to #432 and Alan from #29 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremiah went from #39 to #432 and Andrew from #34 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremiah went from #39 to #432 and Anthony from #12 to #135.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jeremiah

Jeremiah at a glance

What stands out in Jeremiah's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jeremiah across 2 official records

Jeremiah by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeremiah appears in

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Jeremiah at a glance

What stands out in Jeremiah's record

Jeremiah across 2 official records

Jeremiah by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeremiah appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Jeremiah

Jeremiah and the names beside it

Jeremiah moved ahead of

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