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Baby name
Jeremiah
Boy
Origin of the name
Jeremiah comes from the Hebrew Yirmeyahu, “God will exalt.” Jeremiah is one of the great prophets of the Bible.
Classic name
225,674births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 51rank at its peak, in 2010
Where babies named Jeremiah are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Jeremiah is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Jeremiah is most common in Alaska (2.7 times), New Mexico (1.9) and Florida (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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