Jerimy
Masculine
Jerimy respells a name that belongs to the most reluctant figure in the Hebrew Bible. He did not write his own book, and the man who did is named in it and given a short passage of his own to complain in.
How old is the name Jerimy?
Jerimy first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Jerimy alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 700 people named Jerimy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jerimy most popular?
Jerimy peaked in 1976, reaching #963 nationally. See the whole 1976 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jerimy
Baruch was the scribe. The book says explicitly that Jeremiah dictated and Baruch wrote, on a scroll, which was then read aloud in the temple, confiscated, cut up and burned by the king a column at a time as it was read to him. So they made another one, longer. Near the end Baruch gets four verses of his own in which he says, roughly, that he is exhausted and finds no rest, and is told not to expect any. A named secretary with a recorded complaint is a very rare thing in ancient literature, and it is the closest the Bible comes to a colophon.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Hebrew name has been read as the Lord exalts or the Lord loosens, and the two readings compete. This spelling is not documented and no reason for the altered vowels has been recorded.
Pronouncing Jerimy
JAIR-uh-mee
Three syllables with the stress in front, said exactly like Jeremy. The altered vowel is not audible.
Nicknames for Jerimy
Moderate
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
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 197675 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #963reached in 1976
- Change vs 2014
- 0.0%5 in 2021, from 5
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.
Jerimys among us
people named Jerimy are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jerimy sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The sound is entirely familiar, so it is never a puzzle to say.
- Jer is available as a short form and works for either sex.
- The name behind it is ancient and exceptionally well documented.
- Jeremy is the standard spelling and this one will be corrected to it constantly.
- The changed letter cannot be heard, so the spelling has to be given aloud every time.
- No reason for the respelling is documented, so there is nothing to say when someone asks.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jerimys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Jerimy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jerimy in 2025?
- Jerimy is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Jerimy with classmates?
- Jerimy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
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