# Geronimo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/geronimo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Nemo |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,085 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,085 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 2,962 |
| 2012 | 54 | 2,368 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,909 |
| 2014 | 32 | 3,402 |
| 2015 | 46 | 2,654 |
| 2016 | 50 | 2,530 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,029 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,400 |
| 2019 | 50 | 2,603 |
| 2020 | 41 | 2,899 |
| 2021 | 43 | 2,879 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,297 |
| 2023 | 31 | 3,652 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,413 |
| 2025 | 32 | 3,541 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |

## People named Geronimo

- Gerónimo Rulli, Argentine association football player
- Gerónimo Poblete, Argentinian association football player
- Gerónimo Saccardi, Argentine football player/manager (1949-2002)
- Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez, Argentinian politician (1897-1980)
- Jerónimo de Aguilar, Friar, conquistador
- Kenley Jansen, Curaçaoan professional baseball player (born 1987)
- Pedro Knight, Cuban musician (1925–2007)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.