Yeremi
A masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning "exalted by God".
Name Census estimates that about 95 living Americans carry the first name Yeremi. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Yeremi today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yeremi births was 2023 (12 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yeremi. 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.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Yeremi. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
95
~ 1 in 3,607,940 Americans
Peak year
2023
12 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,823
Tracked since 2007
Popularity
Yeremi: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yeremi from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 48 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Yeremi remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yeremi 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 Yeremi during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Yeremi
The name Yeremi is a variant of the Hebrew name Jeremiah, which is derived from the elements yerem (elevated) and yah (a shortened form of Yahweh, the name of the Judeo-Christian God). The name Jeremiah is found in the Old Testament and means "Yahweh has uplifted" or "appointed by Yahweh."
The name Jeremiah has been in use since ancient times and is associated with the biblical prophet Jeremiah, who lived in the 7th century BCE in the Kingdom of Judah. He is revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as a major prophet whose teachings and lamentations are recorded in the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Yeremi is from the 4th century CE, when a Christian bishop named Yeremi was mentioned in the writings of Eusebius of Caesarea, a Roman historian and Christian polemicist. Another early example is Yeremi of Thessalonica, a 9th-century Byzantine cleric and hagiographer.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Yeremi or its variants. One of the most famous was Yeremi Trismegistus, also known as Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary figure from ancient Egyptian-Greek mythology who was regarded as the founder of occult knowledge and alchemy.
In the Middle Ages, Yeremi of Avranches was a 12th-century French poet and writer, known for his Latin poems and works on grammar and rhetoric. Another notable figure was Yeremi of Montpellier, a 13th-century French mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the development of trigonometry.
During the Renaissance, Yeremi Cardano (1501-1576) was an Italian polymath, mathematician, physician, and gambler, who contributed to the development of algebra and probability theory. In the 16th century, Yeremi Fracastoro (1478-1553) was an Italian scholar, poet, and physician who is considered one of the founders of modern pathology and epidemiology.
More recently, Yeremi Kuhnieff (1888-1942) was a Russian-born French painter and illustrator, known for his Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, and Yeremi Kaye (1900-1962) was an American actor and singer who appeared in numerous films and Broadway productions in the 1930s and 1940s.
People
Yeremi + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yeremi as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Yeremi: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yeremi?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 95 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yeremi 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 3,607,940 US residents.
Is Yeremi a common name?
We classify Yeremi as "Very Rare". It ranks above 63.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 96 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yeremi most popular?
The single biggest year for Yeremi was 2023, when 12 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yeremi is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
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 Yeremi in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Yeremi a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yeremi 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 Yeremi still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Yeremi 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 Yeremi 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.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many people are called Yeremi?
You can see how many people have the name Yeremi on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.