Jeremy

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Jeremy is a Hebrew male given name, deriving from various translations and interpretations as the anglicized and diminutive form of the Hebrew name Jeremiah, a major prophet of the Old Testament known for his prophecies of judgment and hope.

From Wikipedia

Jeremy first appears in the data in 1923 and has been recorded in 101 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1977 with 21,611 babies (rank #15 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,308 boys (rank #266). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jeremy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jeremy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

447,588
Total babies (all years)
101
Years in the data
21,611
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19237#3,645
192512#2,509
192610#2,809
192714#2,242
192810#2,751
192912#2,392
193017#1,863
193114#2,049
193215#1,959
193317#1,742
193419#1,638
193530#1,237
193627#1,286
193729#1,249
193828#1,260
193935#1,095
194038#1,056
194137#1,078
194253#916
194342#1,043
194452#884
194566#757
194672#781
194750#1,019
194867#833
194979#776
195072#802
195187#748
1952100#700
1953101#708
1954108#695
1955112#694
195698#742
195792#785
1958108#717
1959120#705
1960157#621
1961185#582
1962171#594
1963201#559
1964213#539
1965280#468
1966286#455
1967396#375
1968640#296
19692,083#147
19704,318#70
19717,499#45
19727,399#42
19739,364#33
197413,296#24
197515,189#24
197620,128#14
197721,611#15
197819,510#18
197921,007#16
198019,892#18
198119,111#22
198216,465#28
198314,257#30
198413,252#31
198513,446#30
198616,268#28
198714,473#29
198813,170#35
198913,080#34
199011,689#40
199110,402#43
19929,042#47
19938,577#46
19948,227#47
19957,084#48
19966,412#56
19975,804#64
19985,541#68
19995,016#81
20004,738#84
20014,270#89
20024,166#95
20033,888#108
20043,866#111
20053,487#115
20063,446#124
20073,430#122
20083,256#129
20092,943#140
20102,822#142
20112,526#152
20122,836#138
20132,528#160
20142,522#169
20152,393#174
20162,134#185
20172,047#193
20181,969#204
20191,767#216
20201,605#232
20211,483#239
20221,437#246
20231,418#245
20241,308#266