Gerome — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gerome

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,307 babies named Gerome between 1912 and 2023, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerome currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerome performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 248 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gerome shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerome in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerome in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,307 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.