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Jerome
Pronounced /d͡ʒəˈɹoʊm/
Rank in 2024
#1,338
Born in 2024
143
Peak year
1954 · #114
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 143 boys were named Jerome, about 1 in every 11,995.
- It peaked in 1954 with 3,113 babies, ranked #114.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 161,074 boys have been named Jerome since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jerome per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.2Greatest1901–27
- 1.7Silent1928–45
- 1.4Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 20,331 babies, 1.22 per 1,000. Silent: 35,155 babies, 1.70 per 1,000. Boomers: 53,094 babies, 1.41 per 1,000. Gen X: 25,410 babies, 0.93 per 1,000. Millennials: 16,408 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,837 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,777 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the Old French vernacular form of the saint's name Hieronymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos). Doublet of Geronimo and Hieronymus.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /d͡ʒəˈɹoʊm/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jerome, CC BY-SA 4.0.