Jeriah
Masculine · Hebrew roots · “a Hebrew name ending in -iah”
Jeriah is given to both — 2,097 boys and 380 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Jeriah is a name lifted straight from the genealogies of the Hebrew Bible, where a Levite of that name is listed among the sons of Hebron in the book of Chronicles — recorded twice, in two slightly different spellings, by scribes who clearly knew him. It ends in the same -iah that closes Isaiah, Josiah and Jeremiah: the shortened form of the divine name, the syllable that turns a Hebrew name into a sentence about God.
How old is the name Jeriah?
Jeriah first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Jeriah is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,100 people named Jeriah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jeriah most popular?
Jeriah peaked in 2022, reaching #1228 nationally. Today it ranks #1366, 138 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yeriyyah (Hebrew) to Jeriah
The story of Jeriah
The name belongs to the Hebrew scriptures, where Yeriyyah is one of the Levites recorded in the genealogies of Chronicles — a figure who appears once as Jeriah and once, in the same book, as Jerijah, a reminder of how loosely Hebrew names were carried into Greek and then English. It sat quietly in the text for centuries, passed over by the English-speaking Protestants who mined the Old Testament so eagerly for Josiah, Jedidiah and Jeremiah. Its arrival on American birth records is recent, part of a broader return to the -iah names, and its strongest showings are in Texas, California and Pennsylvania.
Meaningscholars disagree
a Hebrew name ending in -iah, "Yah" — the divine name
The second element is not in doubt: -iah is the shortened form of the God of Israel's name, and it appears in dozens of Hebrew names. The first element is read two ways by Hebrew lexicographers, both from the root yarah: "Yahweh has founded" (from the sense of casting or laying down) and "taught by Yahweh" (from the sense of instructing). Neither reading has pushed the other out.
How the name formed
- YeriyyahHebrew
- Jerijah
- Jeriah
Related forms: Yeriyyah · Jerijah · Jerías
Pronouncing Jeriah
juh-RY-uh
The traditional biblical reading stresses the middle syllable, rhyming its ending with Isaiah. Some American families say JER-ee-uh instead, with the stress up front. Both are in real use, so it is worth deciding early which one the child will be introduced with.
Nicknames for Jeriah
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 2022160 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1228reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −6.2%136 in 2025, from 145
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jeriah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yeriyyah in Hebrew — transliteration
- Jerijah in English (Chronicles variant) — spelling variant
- Jerías in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Pennsylvania.
Jeriahs among us
people named Jeriah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 12,559 born in 2025 was named Jeriah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tyre test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jeriah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tyre climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tyre's path sketches the road Jeriah is walking now.
Jeriah is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jeriah is headed
Jeriah looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 18% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jeriah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jeriah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Documented in the Hebrew Bible, so it has a written record going back millennia rather than a recent invention.
- The -iah ending is already familiar from Isaiah, Josiah and Jeremiah, so most people can read it correctly on sight.
- Spelled phonetically in English, with no silent letters or competing popular variants to correct.
- Comes with ready-made short forms — Jeri, Jerry — that have long independent histories of their own.
- Rare enough in practice that a child is very unlikely to share it with a classmate.
- It sits close to several much better-known names. Expect Jeremiah, Josiah and occasionally Jeriel from people hearing it for the first time, and a lifetime of gentle corrections.
- Two pronunciations circulate — juh-RY-uh and JER-ee-uh — and neither has won. Choosing one and using it consistently saves the child the work later.
- The biblical bearer appears only in genealogical lists, so there is no story attached to the name in the way there is for Isaiah or Daniel. That leaves it uncluttered, but also unexplained when someone asks where it comes from.
- Its rise is very recent, which means the name currently reads as young. That will even out as the first generation of bearers grows up.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jeriahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Jeriah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jeriah in 2025?
- Jeriah ranks #1366 among US boy names in 2025, with 136 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jeriah?
- About 1 in every 12,559 US boys born in 2025 was named Jeriah — 136 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jeriah with classmates?
- Jeriah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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