# Girolamo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/girolamo/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 74 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 74 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 6 | 4,000 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,614 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,165 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,350 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,634 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,191 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,635 |
| 1974 | 7 | 4,330 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,590 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,141 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,758 |
| 1992 | 5 | 8,901 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,273 |

## People named Girolamo

- Girolamo Aleandro, Cardinal and scholar (1480-1542)
- Girolamo Seripando, Catholic cardinal
- Girolamo Basso della Rovere, Catholic cardinal
- Girolamo Prigione, Catholic archbishop (1921–2016)
- Girolamo Colonna, Catholic cardinal (1604-1666)
- Girolamo Casanate, Catholic cardinal (1620-1700)
- Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei, Catholic cardinal (1748-1833)
- Girolamo Lucchesini, diplomat of the Kingdom of Prussia
- Girolamo Ghinucci, Catholic cardinal
- Girolamo Farnese, 17th-century Roman Catholic cardinal
- Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni, Catholic cardinal (1597-1685)
- Girolamo Carafa, Austrian field marshal

## 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.