Boys' name · peaked in 1938
Jerome name popularity since 1925
145,627 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jerome (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Jerome is about 69 years old in 2026. Jerome peaked in 1938 as the #93 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 145,627
- Named Jerome, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,257 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 925 girls · 144,702 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 3.62× its national share
Peak year is the year Jerome made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jerome births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1954. Measured as a share of all babies, Jerome peaked in 1938.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, Jerome's share of baby boys fell by 37%, from 1 in 7,410 to 1 in 11,800.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jerome's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jerome.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jerome in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 68 | 8,275 | – |
| 1930s | 113 | 18,965 | #96 |
| 1940s | 110 | 23,110 | #122 |
| 1950s | 175 | 29,705 | #112 |
| 1960s | 172 | 22,295 | #142 |
| 1970s | 154 | 14,783 | #165 |
| 1980s | 122 | 12,187 | #200 |
| 1990s | 11 | 7,231 | #371 |
| 2000s | 0 | 4,264 | #556 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,817 | #837 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,070 | #1,257 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.7% of babies named Jerome from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jerome is most popular
The index compares Jerome's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jerome.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 3.62× | 1,636 |
| District of Columbia | 3.07× | 2,028 |
| Wisconsin | 2.79× | 7,873 |
| Minnesota | 2.59× | 6,770 |
| South Dakota | 2.01× | 920 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jerome and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jerome (this page) | 144,702 | 1938 |
| Jereme | 2,226 | 1977 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jerome's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jerome.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jerome (1938).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data