Jeremy: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced JAIR-mee · 2 syllables

Jeremy means “Yahweh exalt”, from Hebrew.

A given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).

How popular is Jeremy?

Jeremy was the #292 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,152 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 47% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Jeremy in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Jeremy are older than 43; most are between 23 and 54. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Jeremy have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Jeremy means “Yahweh exalt”. It comes from Hebrew.

Jeremy is pronounced JAIR-mee.

Jeremy was the #292 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,152 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 47% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Jeremy are older than 43. Most are between 23 and 54.