Jermie
A variant of Jeremy, derived from the Hebrew name Jeremiah meaning "exalted by God".
Name Census estimates that about 311 living Americans carry the first name Jermie. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Jermie today is around 42 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jermie births was 1979 (26 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jermie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
311
~ 1 in 1,102,104 Americans
Peak year
1979
26 babies that year
Average age
42
years old
2007 SSA rank
#13,267
Tracked since 1971
Census
Jermie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 279 people with the first name Jermie, which placed it at #30,942 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#30,942
National first-name rank
People counted
279
279 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
42.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jermie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jermie is White at 42.3%. The next largest groups are Black (35.1%) and Hispanic (12.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jermie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jermie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White42.3% · 118
- Black or African American35.1% · 98
- Hispanic or Latino12.9% · 36
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.3% · 12
- Two or more races3.6% · 10
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.8% · 5
Popularity
Jermie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jermie from the 1970s through to the 2000s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 147 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1980s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jermie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jermie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jermies live
Origin
Meaning and history of Jermie
The name Jermie is a variant spelling of the masculine given name Jeremy, which has its origins in the Hebrew name Yirmeyahu. Yirmeyahu is composed of the Hebrew elements yirem, meaning "the Lord will rise," and yah, a shortened form of the name of the Hebrew God, Yahweh.
Yirmeyahu was the name of an important prophet in the Hebrew Bible, known as Jeremiah in English translations. The prophet Jeremiah lived in the 7th century BCE and is widely regarded as one of the major prophets of the Old Testament. His teachings and prophecies are chronicled in the Book of Jeremiah, one of the longest books in the Bible.
The name Jeremy, and its variant spellings like Jermie, gained popularity across Europe after the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. As people began reading the Bible in their own languages, biblical names like Jeremy became more common. The name was particularly popular among Puritans in England and later in the American colonies.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Jermie can be found in the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century. Jermie Hoult was a colonist who was born in England around 1620 and emigrated to New England in the 1630s.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Jermie or its variants. In the 18th century, Jermie Bentham (1748-1832) was an influential English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer who is regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Jermie Collier (1650-1726) was an English writer and critic who is best known for his attacks on the immorality of the English stage.
In the 19th century, Jermie Rothstein (1844-1917) was a German-born American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded the Rothstein & Sons company, one of the largest fur trading companies in the United States. Jermie Lefranc (1829-1901) was a French painter and lithographer who specialized in scenes of military life and battles.
In the 20th century, Jermie Millar (1911-1988) was a Canadian actor and director who worked extensively in radio, television, and film. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jim Carstairs in the long-running Canadian television series The Forest Rangers.
People
Jermie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jermie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jermie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jermie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 311 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jermie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,102,104 US residents.
Is Jermie a common name?
We classify Jermie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 79.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 327 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jermie most popular?
The single biggest year for Jermie was 1979, when 26 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jermie is about 42 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jermie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 279 people with the name Jermie, or 0.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #30,942 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jermie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jermie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jermie leans strongly male. 277 people counted with this name were male (96.2%), compared with 11 female bearers (3.8%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jermie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jermie is White at 42.3%. The next largest groups are Black (35.1%) and Hispanic (12.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jermie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Jermie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 42.3% (118 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jermie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jermie a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jermie in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jermie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jermie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jermie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Jermie?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.