Jeremia
Jeremia is a male given name, a variant of Jeremiah. People with the name include:Jeremia Nambinga, Namibian politician Jeremia Nyembe, South African airman Jeremía Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
Meaning & Origin of Jeremia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jeremia is a male given name, a variant of Jeremiah. People with the name include:Jeremia Nambinga, Namibian politician Jeremia Nyembe, South African airman Jeremía Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
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The Story of Jeremia
Jeremia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1973, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1978: 23 births, good for #2,069 nationwide. About 22% of every Jeremia on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jeremia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 706 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jeremia
Jeremia is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 706 births in the dataset. Jeremia's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #2,069. Use the chart and map above to compare Jeremia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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