Jerome
Jerome was given to 158 boys in 2025, #1,257 among boys’ names; 162,296 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 90,400 Americans named Jerome and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 43 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jerome by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jerome mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jerome is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.”
From the Old French vernacular form of the saint’s name Hieronymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos). Doublet of Geronimo and Hieronymus.
/d͡ʒəˈɹoʊm/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jerome?
#1,257 among boys’ names, 2025
Jerome fell from #837 in 2015 to #1,257 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.14 to 0.09 per 1,000.
3,129 babies in 1954, the peak
Jerome peaked in 1954, when 3,129 babies were given it (3,113 boys, #114 among boys’ names). The 158 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | #1,257 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 146 | #1,323 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 186 | #1,135 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,148 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 188 | #1,105 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 211 | #1,002 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 242 | #912 | 0.13 |
| 2018 | 252 | #869 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 255 | #858 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 270 | #838 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 269 | #837 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 287 | #802 | 0.15 |
| 2013 | 294 | #767 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 336 | #708 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 306 | #742 | 0.16 |
| 2010 | 306 | #742 | 0.16 |
| 2009 | 359 | #677 | 0.18 |
| 2008 | 400 | #619 | 0.20 |
| 2007 | 417 | #603 | 0.20 |
| 2006 | 429 | #578 | 0.21 |
| 2005 | 429 | #556 | 0.21 |
| 2004 | 414 | #554 | 0.21 |
| 2003 | 412 | #547 | 0.21 |
| 2002 | 472 | #488 | 0.24 |
| 2001 | 470 | #488 | 0.24 |
| 2000 | 462 | #494 | 0.24 |
| 1999 | 513 | #446 | 0.27 |
| 1998 | 578 | #412 | 0.30 |
| 1997 | 534 | #427 | 0.28 |
| 1996 | 599 | #393 | 0.32 |
| 1995 | 644 | #371 | 0.34 |
| 1994 | 728 | #338 | 0.38 |
| 1993 | 801 | #325 | 0.41 |
| 1992 | 900 | #298 | 0.45 |
| 1991 | 915 | #284 | 0.45 |
| 1990 | 1,019 | #264 | 0.50 |
| 1989 | 1,034 | #249 | 0.52 |
| 1988 | 1,127 | #223 | 0.59 |
| 1987 | 1,180 | #212 | 0.63 |
| 1986 | 1,165 | #207 | 0.63 |
| 1985 | 1,211 | #200 | 0.66 |
| 1984 | 1,180 | #199 | 0.65 |
| 1983 | 1,234 | #194 | 0.69 |
| 1982 | 1,307 | #191 | 0.72 |
| 1981 | 1,364 | #183 | 0.76 |
| 1980 | 1,385 | #178 | 0.78 |
| 1979 | 1,360 | #177 | 0.79 |
| 1978 | 1,371 | #173 | 0.84 |
| 1977 | 1,363 | #175 | 0.83 |
| 1976 | 1,412 | #166 | 0.90 |
| 1975 | 1,437 | #165 | 0.92 |
| 1974 | 1,415 | #169 | 0.90 |
| 1973 | 1,449 | #164 | 0.93 |
| 1972 | 1,546 | #166 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 1,706 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | 1,724 | #168 | 0.93 |
| 1969 | 1,671 | #166 | 0.93 |
| 1968 | 1,685 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 1,797 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,944 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1965 | 2,143 | #142 | 1.2 |
| 1964 | 2,316 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1963 | 2,663 | #128 | 1.3 |
| 1962 | 2,770 | #131 | 1.3 |
| 1961 | 2,630 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1960 | 2,676 | #133 | 1.3 |
| 1959 | 2,696 | #133 | 1.3 |
| 1958 | 2,804 | #129 | 1.3 |
| 1957 | 3,002 | #126 | 1.4 |
| 1956 | 3,062 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1955 | 3,083 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1954 | 3,113 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1953 | 3,079 | #107 | 1.6 |
| 1952 | 3,045 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 1951 | 2,991 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 1950 | 2,830 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 1949 | 2,769 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1948 | 2,591 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1947 | 2,689 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1946 | 2,286 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1945 | 1,840 | #122 | 1.4 |
| 1944 | 1,953 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1943 | 2,308 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 1942 | 2,340 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1941 | 2,156 | #101 | 1.8 |
| 1940 | 2,178 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1939 | 2,153 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1938 | 2,209 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1937 | 1,979 | #100 | 1.9 |
| 1936 | 1,967 | #98 | 1.9 |
| 1935 | 2,008 | #96 | 1.9 |
| 1934 | 1,773 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1933 | 1,693 | #105 | 1.7 |
| 1932 | 1,668 | #107 | 1.6 |
| 1931 | 1,747 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 1930 | 1,768 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 1929 | 1,664 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1928 | 1,750 | #110 | 1.6 |
| 1927 | 1,686 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1926 | 1,612 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1925 | 1,563 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1924 | 1,575 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1923 | 1,487 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1922 | 1,423 | #121 | 1.3 |
| 1921 | 1,408 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1920 | 1,285 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1919 | 1,109 | #134 | 1.1 |
| 1918 | 1,146 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1917 | 1,073 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1916 | 985 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1915 | 907 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1914 | 737 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1913 | 554 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1912 | 486 | #133 | 1.1 |
| 1911 | 212 | #159 | 0.94 |
| 1910 | 196 | #159 | 1.0 |
| 1909 | 141 | #174 | 0.86 |
| 1908 | 127 | #175 | 0.82 |
| 1907 | 99 | #198 | 0.67 |
| 1906 | 102 | #175 | 0.77 |
| 1905 | 87 | #199 | 0.66 |
| 1904 | 102 | #178 | 0.80 |
| 1903 | 93 | #178 | 0.78 |
| 1902 | 68 | #217 | 0.55 |
| 1901 | 68 | #205 | 0.64 |
| 1900 | 85 | #213 | 0.56 |
| 1899 | 64 | #206 | 0.60 |
| 1898 | 50 | #249 | 0.41 |
| 1897 | 60 | #217 | 0.53 |
| 1896 | 76 | #203 | 0.64 |
| 1895 | 58 | #230 | 0.49 |
| 1894 | 43 | #269 | 0.37 |
| 1893 | 50 | #250 | 0.45 |
| 1892 | 45 | #267 | 0.37 |
| 1891 | 41 | #250 | 0.41 |
| 1890 | 64 | #205 | 0.58 |
| 1889 | 48 | #235 | 0.43 |
| 1888 | 35 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1887 | 34 | #285 | 0.34 |
| 1886 | 50 | #239 | 0.45 |
| 1885 | 53 | #226 | 0.49 |
| 1884 | 37 | #286 | 0.32 |
| 1883 | 36 | #276 | 0.34 |
| 1882 | 43 | #263 | 0.38 |
| 1881 | 38 | #258 | 0.38 |
| 1880 | 52 | #229 | 0.47 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jerome a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jerome has been given almost only to boys: 1,062 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jerome: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jerome, and how old are they?
90,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 162,296 Americans ever recorded as Jerome. The median Jerome alive today is 60 years old; half are between 43 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 92,865 people named Jerome (179 women and girls, 92,686 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 101,219 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 7,220 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 35,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 22,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 15,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,720 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,920 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jerome born?
The states with the most babies named Jerome are New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 17,744 | #1,652 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 12,995 | #1,197 | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 10,113 | #1,323 | 1.0× |
| Wisconsin | 9,083 | #835 | 2.4× |
| Michigan | 8,411 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 8,323 | #1,173 | 1.0× |
| Minnesota | 7,678 | #749 | 2.3× |
| California | 7,260 | #1,392 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 4,794 | #952 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 4,721 | #1,541 | 1.2× |
Where Jerome is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jerome is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jerome with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 634,279 babies since 1880, Jerome is the second most given (26% of them). In 2025 it was given to 158 of their 1,327 babies (12%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jerome
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jerome and names like it
- Compare Jerome and JeremyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJerome peaked in 1954.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jerome since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Jerome: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Jerome.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jerome alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.