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Jeremy

Jeremy is a distinctive choice, ranked #556 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Jeremy in their class.

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UK Rank 2025
#556
US Rank #292
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About the Name Jeremy

Jeremy is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 163 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #265 in 1996 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.

Jeremy is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Jeremy in their class.

In the US it ranks even higher at #266, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.

⭐ Famous People Named Jeremy

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Jeremy

Unlikely. With around 70 UK babies named Jeremy per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Jeremy in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Jeremy is rising: up 199 places since 2020, to #556 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #265 in 1996.
Jeremy is more popular in the US (#266) than in the UK (#592). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Jeremy include: Jeremy Diamond and Jeremy Piven. Short summaries for each appear below.
Jeremy appears in the US top 500 at #266 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
70
UK babies named Jeremy (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 199 places
Rank change (last 5 years)

🏫 Who else is in the room?

In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Jeremy

Almost certainly the only Jeremy in the class

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UK Popularity (1996–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

US Popularity (2020–2025)

Rank · SSA official data

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About the Name Jeremy

Meaning
means "appointed by God" or "God will uplift.
Nicknames
Jez, Jezza

Famous People Named Jeremy

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Jeremy Diamondb. 1993
Jeremy Diamond is a French-American journalist who reports for CNN from Jerusalem.
Jeremy Pivenb. 2004
Jeremy Samuel Piven is an American actor and comedian.
Jeremy Corbyn1949
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983.
Jeremy Hansen
Jeremy Roger Hansen is a Royal Canadian Air Force colonel and CSA astronaut.
Jeremy Healy
Jeremy Healy is an English DJ and singer.
Jeremy Fears Jr.
Jeremy Vann Fears Jr. is an American college basketball player for the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference.
Jeremy (snail)
Jeremy was a left-coiled garden snail studied by researchers from the University of Nottingham.
Jeremy Fragrance
Daniel Schütz, better known as Jeremy Fragrance, is a Polish-German social media personality and businessman.
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.

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