# Jerome (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jerome/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒəˈɹoʊm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 162,296 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 161,234 / 1,062 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,283, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Old French vernacular form of the saint's name Hieronymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos). Doublet of Geronimo and Hieronymus.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 16 | 4,303 |
| 1978 | 11 | 5,696 |
| 1979 | 15 | 4,713 |
| 1980 | 11 | 6,076 |
| 1981 | 20 | 3,912 |
| 1982 | 14 | 5,045 |
| 1983 | 13 | 5,265 |
| 1984 | 12 | 5,672 |
| 1985 | 12 | 5,804 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,805 |
| 1987 | 11 | 6,504 |
| 1988 | 12 | 6,440 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,162 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,139 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,434 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 306 | 742 |
| 2012 | 336 | 708 |
| 2013 | 294 | 767 |
| 2014 | 287 | 802 |
| 2015 | 269 | 837 |
| 2016 | 270 | 838 |
| 2017 | 255 | 858 |
| 2018 | 252 | 869 |
| 2019 | 242 | 912 |
| 2020 | 211 | 1,002 |
| 2021 | 188 | 1,105 |
| 2022 | 181 | 1,148 |
| 2023 | 186 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 146 | 1,323 |
| 2025 | 158 | 1,257 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 831 |
| 2012 | 32 | 927 |
| 2013 | 31 | 931 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,095 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Йероним
- Catalan: Jeroni
- Chinese: 耶柔米, 熱羅尼莫 /热罗尼莫, 葉理諾 /叶理诺, 傑羅姆 /杰罗姆
- Czech: Jeroným
- Dutch: Jeroen
- French: Jérôme
- German: Hieronymus, Jeronimus
- Greek: Ιερώνυμος
- Hungarian: Jeromos
- Irish: Iaróm, Diarmaid
- Italian: Girolamo
- Japanese: ジェローム
- Latin: Hieronymus, Ieronimus
- Polish: Hieronim
- Portuguese: Jerónimo, Jerônimo
- Russian: Джеро́м, Иерони́м
- Spanish: Jerónimo
- Vietnamese: Giêrônimô
- Welsh: Siêrom

## People named Jerome

- Jerome K. Jerome, English humorist (1859-1927)
- Jérôme Boateng, German association football player
- Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist
- Jerome Karle, American physical chemist (1918–2013)
- Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer (*1732 – †1807)
- Jerome Robbins, American choreographer and director (1918–1998)
- Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and scholar
- Jerome Kern, American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945)
- Jerome Powell, American financier (born 1953)
- Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
- Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Belgian racecar driver
- Jérôme Rothen, French footballer (born 1978)

## 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.