Jerome

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% 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".

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Jerome first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1954 with 3,113 babies (rank #114 that year). In 2024 it was given to 143 boys (rank #1,335). 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.

162,136
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
3,113
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
188052#229
188138#258
188243#263
188336#276
188437#286
188553#226
188650#239
188734#285
188835#306
188948#235
189064#205
189141#250
189245#267
189350#250
189443#269
189558#230
189676#203
189760#217
189850#249
189964#206
190085#213
190168#205
190268#217
190393#178
1904102#178
190587#199
1906102#175
190799#198
1908127#175
1909141#174
1910196#159
1911212#159
1912486#133
1913554#141
1914737#136
1915907#140
1916985#138
19171,073#133
19181,146#136
19191,109#134
19201,285#126
19211,408#125
19221,423#121
19231,487#118
19241,575#114
19251,563#113
19261,612#114
19271,686#111
19281,751#110
19291,663#110
19301,768#105
19311,747#103
19321,668#107
19331,693#105
19341,773#107
19352,009#96
19361,967#98
19371,979#100
19382,209#93
19392,153#93
19402,178#95
19412,156#101
19422,340#104
19432,308#109
19441,953#117
19451,840#122
19462,286#114
19472,689#110
19482,591#110
19492,769#104
19502,830#103
19512,990#103
19523,045#105
19533,079#107
19543,113#114
19553,083#112
19563,062#117
19573,003#126
19582,803#129
19592,697#133
19602,672#133
19612,633#136
19622,771#131
19632,662#128
19642,316#140
19652,144#142
19661,944#147
19671,797#153
19681,685#161
19691,671#166
19701,723#168
19711,707#160
19721,546#166
19731,449#164
19741,416#169
19751,437#165
19761,412#166
19771,363#175
19781,371#173
19791,360#177
19801,385#178
19811,364#183
19821,307#191
19831,234#194
19841,180#199
19851,211#200
19861,166#206
19871,180#212
19881,127#223
19891,034#249
19901,018#264
1991915#284
1992900#298
1993801#325
1994728#338
1995644#371
1996599#393
1997534#427
1998578#412
1999513#446
2000462#494
2001470#488
2002472#489
2003412#547
2004414#554
2005429#556
2006429#578
2007417#603
2008400#619
2009359#677
2010306#742
2011306#742
2012336#708
2013294#767
2014287#801
2015268#837
2016270#838
2017255#858
2018252#869
2019242#912
2020211#1,002
2021188#1,105
2022181#1,147
2023186#1,135
2024143#1,335