Declining since 1987.
Popularity of Jeramy since 1966
Babies named Jeramy per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 33 |
| 1970s | 1,588 |
| 1980s | 1,651 |
| 1990s | 693 |
| 2000s | 350 |
| 2010s | 170 |
| 2020s | 34 |
Meaning & origin
Jeramy is a spelling variant of Jeremy that first appeared on U.S. birth records in 1966. It achieved its highest popularity in the 1970s, peaking in 1976. The name has been on a steady decline since 1987 and has not ranked in the top 1,000 since the 1990s. Unlike the more common form Jeremy, which consistently ranked in the top 100 during the 1970s and 1980s, Jeramy remained a relative rarity, never reaching even 150 births in its peak year. Its use has been spread across the country without concentration in any single state. The variant reflects a mid-20th-century trend of simplified spellings for traditional names.
Jeramy is a spelling variant of Jeremy, the English form of the biblical name Jeremiah, derived from the Hebrew Yirmiyahu, meaning 'appointed by God' or 'God will raise up.' The name Jeremiah appears in the Old Testament as a major prophet. The variant Jeramy emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century, reflecting a trend of phonetic respellings that simplified the traditional 'y' ending to 'y.' It saw peak usage in the 1970s.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Jer, Jere, Jerry, Jem
Sibling names for Jeramy
Names that share Jeramy's style, for a brother or sister.
