Jeremy Boy
How popular is Jeremy?
#292 boy name in 2025
1,152 baby boys were named Jeremy in the US in 2025, making it the 292nd most popular boy name.
Jeremy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #292 for boys (▼ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,152 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #175 in 2015, #232 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1977 (21,610 boys) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1923 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jeremy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jeremy family of names ranked #288 for boys in 2025 (#264 the year before), with 1,193 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jeremy is most popular
Babies named Jeremy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 1.8 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Maryland: 1.7 per 1,000 (204 boys)
- District of Columbia: 1.6 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- New Jersey: 1.5 per 1,000 (311 boys)
- New York: 1.4 per 1,000 (608 boys)
Jeremy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 65 | #2,193 |
| 1930s | 231 | #1,085 |
| 1940s | 556 | #753 |
| 1950s | 998 | #692 |
| 1960s | 4,610 | #147 |
| 1970s | 139,307 | #14 |
| 1980s | 153,413 | #18 |
| 1990s | 77,794 | #40 |
| 2000s | 37,491 | #84 |
| 2010s | 23,550 | #138 |
| 2020s | 8,410 | #232 |
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Questions
- Is Jeremy a boy or girl name?
- Jeremy is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jeremy were boys.
- How popular is the name Jeremy?
- 1,152 baby boys were named Jeremy in the US in 2025, making it the 292nd most popular boy name.
- When was Jeremy most popular?
- Jeremy peaked in 1977, when 21,610 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #14 in 1976.
- How many people are named Jeremy?
- 448,737 babies have been named Jeremy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 423,603 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Jeremy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jeremy was most common in Rhode Island, at 1.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.