Jeremy
Jeremy is an English language male given name, deriving from various translations and interpretations as the anglicized and diminutive form of the given name Jeremiah.
- English
- Biblical
- French
Meaning & Origin of Jeremy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jeremy is an English language male given name, deriving from various translations and interpretations as the anglicized and diminutive form of the given name Jeremiah.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Biblical
- French
The Story of Jeremy
Jeremy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1923, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1977: 21,611 births, good for #15 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 34% of all recorded Jeremys. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #271 among baby boy names with 1,263 births, falling sharply (-24%). In total, more than 448K Jeremys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jeremy
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jeremy. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jeremy
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About the name Jeremy
Jeremy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1923 and has accumulated 448K births in the dataset. Jeremy's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #14. Use the chart and map above to compare Jeremy'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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