Jeremy

Jeremy was the #292 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,152 babies), and #556 in England & Wales and #306 in Canada.

Jeremy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jeremy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Jeremy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#292 (1,152)#556 (70)——#432 (8)#306 (108)—
2024#266 (1,310)#592 (64)#727 (3)—#394 (9)#313 (105)—
2023#245 (1,419)#691 (50)——#584 (5)#257 (122)—
2022#246 (1,437)#727 (46)——#779 (3)#240 (137)—
2021#239 (1,485)#790 (41)#605 (4)——#256 (134)—
2020#232 (1,607)#755 (42)——#556 (5)#249 (132)—
2019#216 (1,767)#798 (39)——#438 (8)#226 (158)—
2018#204 (1,971)#690 (50)#516 (5)—#520 (6)#192 (196)—
2017#193 (2,047)#574 (66)#602 (4)—#443 (7)#171 (221)—
2016#185 (2,135)#647 (54)——#412 (8)#149 (260)—
2015#175 (2,393)#497 (78)#389 (8)—#459 (7)#104 (385)—
2014#169 (2,522)#409 (99)——#325 (13)#90 (425)—
2013#160 (2,528)#508 (73)#466 (6)—#605 (4)#68 (505)—
2012#138 (2,837)#498 (76)——#548 (5)#75 (492)—
2011#152 (2,527)#455 (83)—#375 (3)#435 (8)#70 (495)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #15.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1923.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jeremy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jeremy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #364WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #470ILMichigan: #294MINew York: #205NYMassachusetts: #208MAOregon: #263ORNevada: #187NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #412INOhio: #283OHPennsylvania: #273PANew Jersey: #206NJConnecticut: #197CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #284CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #329CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #281MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #269VAMaryland: #176MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #307NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #253LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #289ALGeorgia: #375GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #292TXFlorida: #239FL
Jeremy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#29516
Ontario2024#31642

Jeremy (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JeremyCanadaGirls—too few
JeremyCanadaBoys#306108
JeremyEngland & WalesBoys#55670
JeremyIrelandBoys#4328
JeremyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JeremyNSWBoys—too few
JeremyScotlandBoys—too few
JeremyUSGirls—too few
JeremyUSBoys#2921,152