Jerome
Boy · je-ROHM · Greek
Jerome is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “sacred name”. In 2025 it ranked 1,337th for boys in the UK (22 babies) and 1,256th for boys in the US (158 babies).
What does Jerome mean?
Greek: from Greek Hieronymos
“sacred name”
Saint Jerome translated the Bible into Latin; his version, the Vulgate, was used for over a thousand years.
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Is Jerome a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerome is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the UK and 158 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jerome in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,337among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were named Jerome, making it the 1,337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 136 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jerome in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Jerome in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,337 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,058 |
| 2013 | 33 | #960 |
| 2012 | 36 | #922 |
| 2011 | 40 | #833 |
| 2010 | 45 | #751 |
| 2009 | 42 | #771 |
| 2008 | 52 | #667 |
| 2007 | 65 | #544 |
| 2006 | 56 | #579 |
| 2005 | 49 | #605 |
| 2004 | 55 | #525 |
| 2003 | 59 | #468 |
| 2002 | 57 | #441 |
| 2001 | 52 | #456 |
| 2000 | 54 | #443 |
| 1999 | 58 | #427 |
| 1998 | 75 | #357 |
| 1997 | 100 | #308 |
| 1996 | 136 | #248 |
How popular is Jerome in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,256among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 158about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 158 boys in the US were named Jerome, making it the 1,256th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,002nd. Its busiest year was 1954, with 3,113 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jerome in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerome in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | #1,256 |
| 2024 | 146 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 186 | #1,134 |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,146 |
| 2021 | 188 | #1,105 |
| 2020 | 211 | #1,002 |
| 2019 | 242 | #908 |
| 2018 | 252 | #868 |
| 2017 | 255 | #854 |
| 2016 | 270 | #837 |
| 2015 | 269 | #836 |
| 2014 | 287 | #800 |
| 2013 | 294 | #767 |
| 2012 | 336 | #707 |
| 2011 | 306 | #740 |
| 2010 | 306 | #742 |
| 2009 | 359 | #676 |
| 2008 | 400 | #619 |
| 2007 | 417 | #602 |
| 2006 | 429 | #577 |
| 2005 | 429 | #556 |
| 2004 | 414 | #554 |
| 2003 | 412 | #546 |
| 2002 | 472 | #487 |
| 2001 | 470 | #488 |
| 2000 | 462 | #494 |
| 1999 | 513 | #446 |
| 1998 | 578 | #412 |
| 1997 | 534 | #427 |
| 1996 | 599 | #393 |
| 1995 | 644 | #370 |
| 1994 | 728 | #338 |
| 1993 | 801 | #325 |
| 1992 | 900 | #298 |
| 1991 | 915 | #284 |
| 1990 | 1,019 | #264 |
| 1989 | 1,034 | #249 |
| 1988 | 1,127 | #223 |
| 1987 | 1,180 | #212 |
| 1986 | 1,165 | #207 |
| 1985 | 1,211 | #200 |
| 1984 | 1,180 | #199 |
| 1983 | 1,234 | #194 |
| 1982 | 1,307 | #191 |
| 1981 | 1,364 | #183 |
| 1980 | 1,385 | #178 |
| 1979 | 1,360 | #177 |
| 1978 | 1,371 | #173 |
| 1977 | 1,363 | #174 |
| 1976 | 1,412 | #166 |
| 1975 | 1,437 | #165 |
| 1974 | 1,415 | #169 |
| 1973 | 1,449 | #164 |
| 1972 | 1,546 | #166 |
| 1971 | 1,706 | #160 |
| 1970 | 1,724 | #168 |
| 1969 | 1,671 | #166 |
| 1968 | 1,685 | #160 |
| 1967 | 1,797 | #153 |
| 1966 | 1,944 | #147 |
| 1965 | 2,143 | #142 |
| 1964 | 2,316 | #140 |
| 1963 | 2,663 | #128 |
| 1962 | 2,770 | #131 |
| 1961 | 2,630 | #136 |
| 1960 | 2,676 | #133 |
| 1959 | 2,696 | #133 |
| 1958 | 2,804 | #129 |
| 1957 | 3,002 | #126 |
| 1956 | 3,062 | #117 |
| 1955 | 3,083 | #112 |
| 1954 | 3,113 | #114 |
| 1953 | 3,079 | #107 |
| 1952 | 3,045 | #105 |
| 1951 | 2,991 | #103 |
| 1950 | 2,830 | #103 |
| 1949 | 2,769 | #104 |
| 1948 | 2,591 | #110 |
| 1947 | 2,689 | #110 |
| 1946 | 2,286 | #114 |
| 1945 | 1,840 | #122 |
| 1944 | 1,953 | #117 |
| 1943 | 2,308 | #109 |
| 1942 | 2,340 | #104 |
| 1941 | 2,156 | #101 |
| 1940 | 2,178 | #95 |
| 1939 | 2,153 | #93 |
| 1938 | 2,209 | #93 |
| 1937 | 1,979 | #100 |
| 1936 | 1,967 | #98 |
| 1935 | 2,008 | #96 |
| 1934 | 1,773 | #107 |
| 1933 | 1,693 | #105 |
| 1932 | 1,668 | #107 |
| 1931 | 1,747 | #103 |
| 1930 | 1,768 | #105 |
| 1929 | 1,664 | #110 |
| 1928 | 1,750 | #110 |
| 1927 | 1,686 | #111 |
| 1926 | 1,612 | #114 |
| 1925 | 1,563 | #113 |
| 1924 | 1,575 | #114 |
| 1923 | 1,487 | #118 |
| 1922 | 1,423 | #121 |
| 1921 | 1,408 | #125 |
| 1920 | 1,285 | #126 |
| 1919 | 1,109 | #134 |
| 1918 | 1,146 | #136 |
| 1917 | 1,073 | #133 |
| 1916 | 985 | #138 |
| 1915 | 907 | #140 |
| 1914 | 737 | #136 |
| 1913 | 554 | #141 |
| 1912 | 486 | #132 |
| 1911 | 212 | #159 |
| 1910 | 196 | #159 |
| 1909 | 141 | #174 |
| 1908 | 127 | #175 |
| 1907 | 99 | #197 |
| 1906 | 102 | #175 |
| 1905 | 87 | #198 |
| 1904 | 102 | #177 |
| 1903 | 93 | #175 |
| 1902 | 68 | #217 |
| 1901 | 68 | #204 |
| 1900 | 85 | #213 |
| 1899 | 64 | #205 |
| 1898 | 50 | #249 |
| 1897 | 60 | #216 |
| 1896 | 76 | #203 |
| 1895 | 58 | #230 |
| 1894 | 43 | #268 |
| 1893 | 50 | #246 |
| 1892 | 45 | #266 |
| 1891 | 41 | #248 |
| 1890 | 64 | #204 |
| 1889 | 48 | #233 |
| 1888 | 35 | #302 |
| 1887 | 34 | #276 |
| 1886 | 50 | #235 |
| 1885 | 53 | #226 |
| 1884 | 37 | #284 |
| 1883 | 36 | #275 |
| 1882 | 43 | #262 |
| 1881 | 38 | #257 |
| 1880 | 52 | #225 |
Nicknames for Jerome
- Jerry 15 boys in the UK in 2025
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