Name meaning & stats
Jeremiah
Jeremiah means “God will exalt”. 222,229 US babies since 1940, peak 2010.
What it means
“God will exalt”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2010
222,229 US babies were named Jeremiah between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jeremiah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 93% of the family
- Jeremiah 93%
- Jerimiah 2%
- Jeramiah 2%
- Jermiah 1%
- Jeremyah <1%
- Jeremia <1%
- Jeremiyah <1%
- Jerimyah <1%
- Jeramyah <1%
- Jerimah <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2010)