Jeremy is a distinctive choice, ranked #592 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Jeremy in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#592
US Rank #266
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #266, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Jeremy
Unlikely. With around 64 UK babies named Jeremy per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Jeremy in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Jeremy is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 163 places over the last five years to #592 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 Dewitte — Jeremy Charles Dewitte is an American serial police impersonator and convicted sex offender.; Jeremy Diamond — Jeremy Diamond is a French-American journalist who reports for CNN from Jerusalem.; Jeremy Piven — Jeremy Samuel Piven is an American actor and comedian..
Jeremy appears in the US top 500 at #266 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
64
UK babies named Jeremy (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 163 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
Likely around 1 other Jeremy in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Jeremy
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Jeremy Charles Dewitte is an American serial police impersonator and convicted sex offender. Dewitte has been jailed multiple times for repeatedly impersonating police officers, among other crimes, while working as a funeral procession escort.
Jeremy Samuel Piven is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Ari Gold in the comedy series Entourage, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Emmy Awards.
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. He currently sits as an independent, and is the parliamentary leader of Your Party, which he co-founded with Zarah Sultana in July 2025.
Jeremy Roger Hansen is a Royal Canadian Air Force colonel and CSA astronaut. As a crew member of the 2026 Artemis II mission, he became the first non‑American to travel beyond low Earth orbit and the first to journey to the vicinity of the Moon.
Jeremy was a left-coiled garden snail studied by researchers from the University of Nottingham. The snail had a rare condition that caused its shell to coil to the left; in most snails the shell coils to the right.
Daniel Schütz, better known as Jeremy Fragrance, is a Polish-German social media personality and businessman. He gained international recognition through numerous online video clips in which he reviews, among other things, perfumes and fragrances.
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Bentham defined as the "fundamental axiom" of his philosophy the principle that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong".