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How popular is “Jeremiah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jeremiah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jeremiah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jeremiah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jeremiah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jeremiah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jeremiah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jeremiah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 37 0.000183637 37 -100%
1881 34 0.000176451 34 -100%
1882 33 0.000148962 33 -100%
1883 37 0.000170549 37 -100%
1884 38 0.000156082 38 -100%
1885 40 0.000166076 40 -100%
1886 40 0.000156669 40 -100%
1887 38 0.000153602 38 -100%
1888 34 0.000113532 34 -100%
1889 42 0.000145356 42 -100%
1890 35 0.000116124 35 -100%
1891 32 0.000111625 32 -100%
1892 33 0.000098692 33 -100%
1893 29 0.00008917 29 -100%
1894 28 0.000082671 28 -100%
1895 28 0.000079768 28 -100%
1896 43 0.000120285 43 -100%
1897 31 0.000089348 31 -100%
1898 30 0.000078646 30 -100%
1899 24 0.000070748 24 -100%
1900 43 0.000095501 43 -100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 -100%
1902 30 0.000077573 30 -100%
1903 24 0.000062959 24 -100%
1904 35 0.000086744 35 -100%
1905 27 0.000063691 27 -100%
1906 22 0.000051348 22 -100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 -100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 -100%
1909 25 0.000048902 25 -100%
1910 35 0.000059251 35 -100%
1911 37 0.000057429 37 -100%
1912 57 0.000057689 57 -100%
1913 79 0.000069474 79 -100%
1914 83 0.000058602 83 -100%
1915 76 0.000041475 76 -100%
1916 109 0.000056348 109 -100%
1917 104 0.000051825 104 -100%
1918 105 0.000048362 105 -100%
1919 121 0.000057339 121 -100%
1920 129 0.000057013 129 -100%
1921 129 0.000055258 129 -100%
1922 128 0.000055916 128 -100%
1923 124 0.000053855 124 -100%
1924 125 0.000052486 125 -100%
1925 128 0.000054858 128 -100%
1926 115 0.000050089 115 -100%
1927 137 0.000059068 137 -100%
1928 112 0.000049537 112 -100%
1929 114 0.000052003 114 -100%
1930 127 0.000057123 127 -100%
1931 115 0.000054648 115 -100%
1932 121 0.000057311 121 -100%
1933 111 0.000055515 111 -100%
1934 123 0.000059225 123 -100%
1935 111 0.000053113 111 -100%
1936 108 0.000051984 108 -100%
1937 109 0.000051158 109 -100%
1938 110 0.000049716 110 -100%
1939 104 0.000047199 104 -100%
1940 119 0.000051679 119 -100%
1941 121 0.000049663 121 -100%
1942 130 0.000047587 130 -100%
1943 121 0.000042869 121 -100%
1944 100 0.000037174 100 -100%
1945 118 0.000044479 118 -100%
1946 119 0.000037242 119 -100%
1947 130 0.000036088 130 -100%
1948 140 0.00004055 140 -100%
1949 163 0.000046775 163 -100%
1950 164 0.000046812 164 -100%
1951 151 0.000040991 151 -100%
1952 173 0.00004555 173 -100%
1953 143 0.000037108 143 -100%
1954 170 0.000042706 170 -100%
1955 168 0.000041842 168 -100%
1956 163 0.000039534 163 -100%
1957 186 0.000044263 186 -100%
1958 151 0.000036527 151 -100%
1959 152 0.000036556 152 -100%
1960 151 0.000036352 151 -100%
1961 128 0.000030901 128 -100%
1962 128 0.00003172 128 -100%
1963 139 0.000035117 139 -100%
1964 121 0.000031125 121 -100%
1965 101 0.000027859 101 -100%
1966 130 0.000037403 130 -100%
1967 126 0.000037115 126 -100%
1968 131 0.000038776 131 -100%
1969 159 0.000045751 159 -100%
1970 217 0.000060169 217 -100%
1971 322 0.000093813 322 -100%
1972 341 0.000108495 341 -100%
1973 772 0.000255893 7 765 -98%
1974 1305 0.000429276 11 1294 -98%
1975 1665 0.000551435 15 1650 -98%
1976 2886 0.000951125 13 2873 -99%
1977 4186 0.001317805 35 4151 -98%
1978 3470 0.001093303 25 3445 -99%
1979 3748 0.00112654 28 3720 -99%
1980 4124 0.001197269 31 4093 -98%
1981 3927 0.001135176 31 3896 -98%
1982 3357 0.000956966 28 3329 -98%
1983 2877 0.000830701 28 2849 -98%
1984 2797 0.000801719 21 2776 -98%
1985 2551 0.000714744 18 2533 -99%
1986 2396 0.000673587 15 2381 -99%
1987 2153 0.000597124 16 2137 -99%
1988 2206 0.000597016 16 2190 -99%
1989 2147 0.000558468 2147 -100%
1990 2011 0.000508795 5 2006 -100%
1991 2105 0.0005404 9 2096 -99%
1992 1946 0.000506603 8 1938 -99%
1993 1918 0.000508716 7 1911 -99%
1994 2090 0.000562183 9 2081 -99%
1995 2065 0.000563876 11 2054 -99%
1996 2115 0.000579898 12 2103 -99%
1997 2935 0.000809488 5 2930 -100%
1998 3236 0.000879776 13 3223 -99%
1999 3315 0.000897433 11 3304 -99%
2000 3649 0.000965368 6 3643 -100%
2001 4235 0.001131327 13 4222 -99%
2002 4729 0.001265017 9 4720 -100%
2003 4864 0.001279219 9 4855 -100%
2004 5417 0.00141772 36 5381 -99%
2005 5860 0.001524119 13 5847 -100%
2006 6556 0.00165715 12 6544 -100%
2007 6640 0.001660962 10 6630 -100%
2008 6607 0.001680886 14 6593 -100%
2009 7250 0.001897819 16 7234 -100%
2010 7755 0.002098362 13 7742 -100%
2011 7645 0.002090059 16 7629 -100%
2012 7515 0.002054757 18 7497 -100%
2013 6996 0.00191899 7 6989 -100%
2014 6906 0.001863276 11 6895 -100%
2015 6835 0.001846842 9 6826 -100%
2016 6631 0.001807453 5 6626 -100%
2017 5887 0.001646163 7 5880 -100%
2018 5638 0.001603574 11 5627 -100%
2019 5079 0.001463295 6 5073 -100%
2020 4596 0.00137581 4596 -100%
2021 4258 0.001256808 8 4250 -100%
2022 3882 0.001147456 7 3875 -100%
2023 3764 0.001136749 3764 -100%
2024 3708 0.001114015 6 3702 -100%

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