Jeremy

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jeremy: Recorded every year since 1965, it reached #24 in 1977, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
157times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#24highest recorded position
29groupings it qualifies for
8names it appears alongside

What stands out in Jeremy's record

Ranked every year since 1965, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 37 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#265
1997	#270
1998	#285
1999	#310
2000	#356
2001	#401
2002	#357
2003	#350
2004	#365
2005	#304
2006	#370
2007	#379
2008	#437
2009	#417
2010	#422
2011	#455
2012	#498
2013	#508
2014	#409
2015	#497
2016	#647
2017	#574
2018	#690
2019	#798
2020	#755
2021	#790
2022	#727
2023	#691
2024	#592

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 56 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2024: #394 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #592 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #170 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1968–1999
Highest recorded position: #24 among boys in New Zealand, in 1977 (recorded 1968–1999).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeremy appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 56 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 498 births with the name.

Jeremy across 5 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.

Jeremy'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	#170 (1965)	#121 (1974)	#432 (2025)	56 of 61	498 (1965–2025)	34 (1974)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#92 (1970)	#48 (1983)	#95 (2008)	37 of 39	5,685 (1970–2008)	212 (1994)
New Zealand · Boys	#94 (1968)	#24 (1977)	#86 (1999)	32 of 32	4,775 (1968–1999)	260 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#265 (1996)	#265 (1996)	#592 (2024)	29 of 29	2,155 (1996–2024)	108 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#235 (2004)	#235 (2004)	#375 (2011)	2 of 8	8 (2004–2011)	5 (2004)

Jeremy 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 Jeremy in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	38	5 of 10	8
1970sbusiest	185	10 of 10	19
1980s	74	10 of 10	7
1990s	50	9 of 10	6
2000s	47	7 of 10	7
2010s	74	10 of 10	7
2020s	30	5 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Jeremy 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 6 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #24 in New Zealand in 1977.

Jeremy'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	#592	64	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#691	50	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#727	46	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#755	42	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#798	39	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#690	50	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#574	66	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#647	54	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#497	78	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#409	99	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#508	73	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#498	76	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#455	83	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#422	89	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#417	92	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#437	83	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#379	96	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#370	92	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#304	105	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#365	80	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#350	78	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#357	70	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#401	57	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#356	67	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#310	85	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#285	91	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#270	101	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#265	108	High	Verified
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	150	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	155	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	189	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	212	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	205	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	180	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	184	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	181	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	181	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	165	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	150	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New Zealand	male	#86	57	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#77	68	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#97	52	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#91	58	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#76	77	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#63	97	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#66	96	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#58	105	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#57	112	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#43	149	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#45	138	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#42	148	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#32	197	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#33	189	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#33	181	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#26	245	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#28	212	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#38	173	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#32	197	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#29	208	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#25	237	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#26	212	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#24	260	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#32	182	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#33	172	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#35	194	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#35	192	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#44	155	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#43	170	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#88	83	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#85	92	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#94	67	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#325	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	11	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	14	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	17	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	23	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	24	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	21	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	34	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	18	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	17	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	10	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	11	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	8	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 6 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #24, first reached in 1977.

It held a top-100 place in 39 years, 37 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 260 births, registered in New Zealand in 1977.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1968, and 59 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.

Jeremi · #698, 16y
Jeremiah · #39, 62y
Jeriah · #1322, 13y
Jericho · #596, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Evan · #23, 57y
Hamish · #25, 61y
Lara · #25, 58y
Maeve · #25, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Conan · #24, 54y
Justin · #24, 62y
Marcus · #24, 63y
Cassandra · #25, 57y

Comparisons involving Jeremy

Existing comparison pages where Jeremy and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Jeremy in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Sean vs Jeremy
Sean and Jeremy changed places 14 times in New South Wales, Australia · Boys between 1970 and 2006, ending at #71 and #85.
Sean · Jeremy · 35 shared years, 1970–2006 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2006 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Matthew vs Jeremy
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Boys within 2 years — Matthew #1 in 1982, Jeremy #48 in 1983.
Matthew · Jeremy · 37 shared years, 1970–2008 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Jonathan vs Jeremy
Across 37 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Jonathan and Jeremy averaged 7.6 places apart, ending at #74 and #95.
Jonathan · Jeremy · 37 shared years, 1970–2008 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2008 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Jeremy within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

George vs Jeremy
Across 37 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, George and Jeremy averaged 12.9 places apart, ending at #64 and #95.
George · Jeremy · 37 shared years, 1970–2008 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2008 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Alex vs Jeremy
Across 20 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Alex and Jeremy averaged 13.2 places apart, ending at #73 and #95.
Alex · Jeremy · 20 shared years, 1987–2008 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2008 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Jeremy and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Ethan vs Jeremy
In New Zealand · Boys, Ethan moved into the top 50 at #27 in 1991 as Jeremy fell out of it to #57, having been #43 the year before.
Ethan · Jeremy · 10 shared years, 1990–1999 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking
Darren vs Jeremy
In New Zealand · Boys, Jeremy moved into the top 50 at #32 in 1976 as Darren fell out of it to #55, having been #31 the year before.
Darren · Jeremy · 14 shared years, 1968–1982 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1976 New Zealand ranking
Brett vs Jeremy
In New Zealand · Boys, Jeremy moved into the top 50 at #35 in 1973 as Brett fell out of it to #54, having been #40 the year before.
Brett · Jeremy · 23 shared years, 1968–1991 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking

Jeremy was ranked #24 in New Zealand · Boys in 1977. 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.

Jeremy 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 Jeremy without appearing here.

Jeremy moved ahead of

Scott Compare
In 2023 they stood at #691 and #691 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #592 and #1025.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #394 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #432 and #829.
Darren Compare
In 2016 they stood at #647 and #641 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #574 and #806.
Mitchell Compare
In 2016 they stood at #647 and #546 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #574 and #761.

Moved ahead of Jeremy

Rian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #690 and #711 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #798 and #493.
Craig Compare
In 2021 they stood at #556 and #637 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #779 and #509.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #455 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #498 and #238.
Kasper Compare
In 2015 they stood at #497 and #557 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #647 and #435.

Moved the opposite way to Jeremy

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremy went from #170 to #432 while Aaron went from #222 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremy went from #170 to #432 while Adam went from #157 to #20.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremy went from #170 to #432 while Benjamin went from #148 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremy went from #170 to #432 while Conor went from #56 to #16.

Moved the same way as Jeremy

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremy went from #170 to #432 and Adrian from #62 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremy went from #170 to #432 and Alfred from #167 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremy went from #170 to #432 and Denis from #24 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeremy went from #170 to #432 and Edward from #17 to #125.

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 6 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #24 in New Zealand in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jeremy

Jeremy at a glance

What stands out in Jeremy's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jeremy across 5 official records

Jeremy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeremy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Jeremy

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Jeremy

Jeremy and the names beside it

Jeremy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jeremy

Moved the opposite way to Jeremy

Moved the same way as Jeremy

Jeremy at a glance

What stands out in Jeremy's record

Jeremy across 5 official records

Jeremy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeremy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Jeremy

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Jeremy

Jeremy and the names beside it

Jeremy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jeremy

Moved the opposite way to Jeremy

Moved the same way as Jeremy