Boy
Jeremiah
The name Jeremiah carries the meaning "Yahweh will exalt", with roots in Hebrew. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is familiar to most people. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
HebrewYahweh will exalt
Births by decade
1900s
272
1910s
806
1920s
1,241
1930s
1,139
1940s
1,259
1950s
1,620
1960s
1,315
1970s
18,917
1980s
28,535
1990s
23,732
2000s
55,742
2010s
55,865
Peaked in the 2010s · 190,443 total U.S. births since 1900