Jeronimo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- heh-ROH-nee-moh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,906 for boys
Jeronimo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “sacred name”. In 2025 it ranked 1,906th for boys in the US (82 babies).
What does Jeronimo mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Jerome, from Hieronymus
“sacred name”
Jerónimo is the Spanish form of Jerome; the Apache leader Goyaałé became known by its variant Geronimo.
Is Jeronimo a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeronimo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 82 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeronimo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 82about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were named Jeronimo, making it the 1,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had the most boys named Jeronimo of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Jeronimo in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeronimo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #1,906 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,169 |
| 2023 | 80 | #1,941 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,041 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,012 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2011 | 70 | #1,967 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,415 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Names like Jeronimo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jeronimo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeronimo, updated 20 October 2026.