Yeremy
A masculine name of uncertain origin, possibly an alternative spelling of Jeremy.
Name Census estimates that about 94 living Americans carry the first name Yeremy. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Yeremy today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yeremy births was 2021 (11 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yeremy. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Yeremy. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
94
~ 1 in 3,646,323 Americans
Peak year
2021
11 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,824
Tracked since 2006
Census
Yeremy in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 204 people with the first name Yeremy, which placed it at #37,948 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#37,948
National first-name rank
People counted
204
204 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
91.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Yeremy
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yeremy is Hispanic at 91.7%. The next largest groups are White (3.9%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (2.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Yeremy described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Yeremy at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino91.7% · 187
- White3.9% · 8
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.0% · 4
- Black or African American1.5% · 3
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.0% · 2
Popularity
Yeremy: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yeremy from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 44 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yeremy by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Yeremy during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Yeremy
The name Yeremy is a variation of the Hebrew name Jeremy, which derives from the biblical name Yirmeyahu or Jeremias. The name Yirmeyahu comes from the Hebrew words yerem, meaning "appointed," and yah, a shortened form of the divine name Yahweh. Thus, Yeremy can be interpreted as "appointed by God" or "the Lord exalts."
The name Jeremiah was borne by one of the major prophets in the Hebrew Bible, who lived in the 7th century BCE. Jeremiah was a prominent figure during the Babylonian conquest of Judah and the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. His prophecies and lamentations over the fate of Judah are recorded in the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Yeremy can be found in the Wycliffe Bible, a 14th-century English translation of the Bible by John Wycliffe. In this translation, the prophet's name is rendered as "Ieremy" or "Yeremy." This spelling variation likely arose due to the influence of Middle English and the lack of standardized spellings at the time.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Yeremy or its variants. One of the most famous was Jeremiah Horrocks (1619-1641), an English astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of the transit of Venus and the determination of the solar parallax. Another noteworthy bearer of the name was Jeremiah Denton (1924-2014), an American naval officer and aviator who was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War and became known for his famous televised interview while in captivity.
Other historical figures with the name include Jeremiah Trist (1775-1828), an American lawyer and politician who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury under President Thomas Jefferson, and Jeremiah Bowden (1741-1832), an American Revolutionary War soldier and pioneer who settled in Kentucky.
The name Yeremy has also been used in various literary works and artistic representations throughout history. For instance, in William Shakespeare's play "The Winter's Tale," one of the characters is named Jeremiah, a shepherd. Additionally, the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn depicted the biblical prophet Jeremiah in several of his famous paintings, including "Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem" (1630).
People
Yeremy + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yeremy as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Yeremy: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yeremy?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 94 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yeremy going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,646,323 US residents.
Is Yeremy a common name?
We classify Yeremy as "Very Rare". It ranks above 63.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 95 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yeremy most popular?
The single biggest year for Yeremy was 2021, when 11 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yeremy is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Yeremy in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 204 people with the name Yeremy, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #37,948 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Yeremy in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Yeremy?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Yeremy leans strongly male. 184 people counted with this name were male (92.9%), compared with 14 female bearers (7.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Yeremy?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yeremy is Hispanic at 91.7%. The next largest groups are White (3.9%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (2.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Yeremy most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Yeremy in the 2020 Census, accounting for 91.7% (187 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Yeremy in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Yeremy a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yeremy in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Yeremy still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Yeremy in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Yeremy can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Yeremy?
Find out how many people share the name Yeremy on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.