as a First Name
Anglicized form, used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament (Matthew 2:17; 27:9), of the biblical name Jeremiah. Well-known British bearers include the politician Jeremy Thorpe (b. 1929), the actor Jeremy Irons (b. 1948), and the columnist and television presenter Jeremy Clarkson (b. 1960).
| 175th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 298,204
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 416,369
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Jeremy per capita
- 1977
- marked the height of its popularity
0.18%
99.82%
0.14%
55+
55+
47%
30-54
30-54
35%
13-29
13-29
17%
0-12
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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