Jeremiah Boy Name

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The name Jeremiah is of Hebrew origin, and means Yahweh exalts. The table below indicates the number of times the name Jeremiah has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jeremiah**
Use of the Name Jeremiah for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
101,500	95,306	74,427	36,128	22,561	10,064	5,262

The table below indicates the number of times the name Jeremiah has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jeremiah**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	278	37
1881	272	34
1882	302	33
1883	273	37
1884	281	38
1885	265	40
1886	269	40
1887	266	38
1888	309	34
1889	256	42
1890	292	35
1891	294	32
1892	323	33
1893	326	29
1894	344	28
1895	352	28
1896	281	43
1897	333	31
1898	357	30
1899	379	24
1900	327	43
1901	416	21
1902	371	29
1903	406	24
1904	341	35
1905	417	27
1906	483	22
1907	498	22
1908	529	23
1909	525	25
1910	465	35
1911	488	37
1912	526	57
1913	488	79
1914	540	83
1915	668	76
1916	549	109
1917	587	103
1918	599	105
1919	542	122
1920	540	129
1921	556	128
1922	559	129
1923	559	125
1924	573	124
1925	548	126
1926	573	116
1927	521	137
1928	586	112
1929	550	115
1930	531	126
1931	548	114
1932	531	121
1933	538	113
1934	534	121
1935	547	111
1936	555	107
1937	560	108
1938	550	111
1939	561	104
1940	540	118
1941	534	122
1942	545	128
1943	578	120
1944	615	100
1945	557	116
1946	588	119
1947	599	129
1948	566	140
1949	525	162
1950	535	162
1951	554	151
1952	526	177
1953	610	141
1954	562	169
1955	573	164
1956	596	162
1957	565	186
1958	626	149
1959	625	153
1960	634	151
1961	681	128
1962	684	129
1963	669	137
1964	699	122
1965	738	101
1966	650	130
1967	666	127
1968	662	129
1969	629	157
1970	554	216
1971	453	321
1972	430	342
1973	256	763
1974	178	1,289
1975	149	1,645
1976	93	2,867
1977	68	4,154
1978	81	3,435
1979	81	3,722
1980	76	4,092
1981	77	3,892
1982	89	3,328
1983	100	2,838
1984	102	2,769
1985	111	2,531
1986	118	2,384
1987	130	2,124
1988	136	2,183
1989	145	2,147
1990	154	2,004
1991	156	2,087
1992	161	1,937
1993	166	1,906
1994	157	2,077
1995	163	2,047
1996	164	2,098
1997	130	2,920
1998	114	3,211
1999	108	3,291
2000	103	3,623
2001	91	4,195
2002	86	4,679
2003	90	4,802
2004	78	5,262
Totals:		101,500		0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Jeremiah as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.

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