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Jeremy

“Appointed by God; God will uplift” — Hebrew via English origin

Boy's name · #292 in the US (2025) · Retro

Jeremy has appeared in US records since 1923 — best rank #14 (1976) · 446,425 babies named Jeremy all-time · 1 in 1,500 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 890 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 1,800 boys in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jeremys

• Jeremy Renner — American actor, producer, and musician
• Jeremy Bentham — British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
• Jeremy Irons — British actor (born 1948)
• Jeremy Corbyn — British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020
• Jeremy Clarkson — British broadcaster, journalist and writer

In stories & tradition

• Jeremy Gilbert — The Vampire Diaries
• Jeremy Hillary Boob — Yellow Submarine
• Jeremy Johnson — Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension · Phineas and Ferb

What Jeremys become

Among 2,166 notable people named Jeremy:

Athletes appear 1.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jeremy Lin, Taiwanese-American basketball player.

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