Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Jeremy
/JEH · reh · mee/
Meaning
“God will exalt”
English form of Jeremiah, from Hebrew Yirmeyahu meaning 'God will exalt'; the anglicized form that dominated in the US and UK from the 1960s through 1980s.
Nicknames
jer
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1970s-80s US and UK - will eventually revive but hasn't turned the corner yet.
The cultural moment.
Top 20 in the US from the late 1960s through 1980s; declining since.