Jerome

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Jerome is a masculine name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek given name Ἱερώνυμος, Hierōnymos, "sacred name"; from ἱερός, hierós, "sacred", and ὄνυμα, ónyma, an alternative form of ὄνομα, ónoma, "name".

From Wikipedia

Jerome first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 209 babies (rank #165 that year). In 2024 it was given to 35 boys (rank #763). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jerome

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jerome yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4,097
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
209
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991188#184
1992205#169
1993209#165
1994156#182
1995169#193
1996170#184
1997174#175
1998160#185
1999168#177
2000148#189
2001173#173
2002135#199
2003132#206
2004157#185
2005157#200
2006138#216
2007158#206
2008146#223
2009128#251
2010115#273
2011126#257
2012100#314
2013104#311
201494#340
201579#392
201662#469
201758#497
201859#481
201946#590
202038#685
202140#690
202233#787
202337#709
202435#763