Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jerome

#216 most common boys' name of all time · #470 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#216
Rank overall
#470 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
162,296
Since 2016
2,089
Peak year
1954 #114
Best rank
#93 1938
Girls Boys peak 3,129/yr
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Jerome is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 158 158 #1,256
2024 — 146 146 #1,321
2023 — 186 186 #1,135
2022 — 181 181 #1,146
2021 — 188 188 #1,105
2020 — 211 211 #1,002
2019 — 242 242 #908
2018 — 252 252 #868
2017 — 255 255 #854
2016 — 270 270 #837
2015 — 269 269 #836
2014 — 287 287 #800
2013 — 294 294 #767
2012 — 336 336 #707
2011 — 306 306 #740
2010 — 306 306 #742
2009 — 359 359 #678
2008 — 400 400 #620
2007 — 417 417 #602
2006 — 429 429 #577
2005 — 429 429 #556
2004 — 414 414 #554
2003 — 412 412 #546
2002 — 472 472 #489
2001 — 470 470 #488
2000 — 462 462 #494
1999 — 513 513 #446
1998 — 578 578 #412
1997 — 534 534 #427
1996 — 599 599 #393
1995 — 644 644 #370
1994 — 728 728 #338
1993 5 801 806 #325
1992 — 900 900 #298
1991 6 915 921 #284
1990 — 1,019 1,019 #264
1989 7 1,034 1,041 #249
1988 12 1,127 1,139 #223
1987 11 1,180 1,191 #212
1986 10 1,165 1,175 #207
1985 12 1,211 1,223 #201
1984 12 1,180 1,192 #199
1983 13 1,234 1,247 #194
1982 14 1,307 1,321 #191
1981 20 1,364 1,384 #183
1980 11 1,385 1,396 #178
1979 15 1,360 1,375 #177
1978 11 1,371 1,382 #173
1977 16 1,363 1,379 #174
1976 21 1,412 1,433 #166
1975 11 1,437 1,448 #165
1974 16 1,415 1,431 #169
1973 17 1,449 1,466 #164
1972 12 1,546 1,558 #166
1971 14 1,706 1,720 #160
1970 21 1,724 1,745 #168
1969 16 1,671 1,687 #166
1968 17 1,685 1,702 #161
1967 13 1,797 1,810 #153
1966 12 1,944 1,956 #147
1965 11 2,143 2,154 #142
1964 11 2,316 2,327 #140
1963 24 2,663 2,687 #128
1962 24 2,770 2,794 #131
1961 16 2,630 2,646 #136
1960 28 2,676 2,704 #133
1959 21 2,696 2,717 #133
1958 20 2,804 2,824 #129
1957 21 3,002 3,023 #126
1956 16 3,062 3,078 #117
1955 23 3,083 3,106 #112
1954 16 3,113 3,129 #114
1953 17 3,079 3,096 #107
1952 21 3,045 3,066 #105
1951 13 2,991 3,004 #103
1950 7 2,830 2,837 #103
1949 7 2,769 2,776 #104
1948 18 2,591 2,609 #110
1947 11 2,689 2,700 #110
1946 12 2,286 2,298 #114
1945 7 1,840 1,847 #122
1944 9 1,953 1,962 #117
1943 12 2,308 2,320 #109
1942 15 2,340 2,355 #104
1941 8 2,156 2,164 #101
1940 11 2,178 2,189 #95
1939 7 2,153 2,160 #93
1938 9 2,209 2,218 #93
1937 14 1,979 1,993 #100
1936 9 1,967 1,976 #98
1935 12 2,008 2,020 #96
1934 10 1,773 1,783 #107
1933 17 1,693 1,710 #105
1932 11 1,668 1,679 #107
1931 11 1,747 1,758 #103
1930 13 1,768 1,781 #105
1929 14 1,664 1,678 #110
1928 12 1,750 1,762 #110
1927 16 1,686 1,702 #111
1926 15 1,612 1,627 #114
1925 11 1,563 1,574 #113
1924 19 1,575 1,594 #114
1923 13 1,487 1,500 #118
1922 11 1,423 1,434 #121
1921 8 1,408 1,416 #125
1920 12 1,285 1,297 #126
1919 15 1,109 1,124 #134
1918 9 1,146 1,155 #136
1917 13 1,073 1,086 #133
1916 7 985 992 #138
1915 9 907 916 #140
1914 8 737 745 #136
1913 6 554 560 #141
1912 7 486 493 #133
1911 — 212 212 #160
1910 — 196 196 #159
1909 — 141 141 #174
1908 — 127 127 #175
1907 — 99 99 #197
1906 — 102 102 #175
1905 — 87 87 #200
1904 — 102 102 #180
1903 — 93 93 #179
1902 — 68 68 #217
1901 — 68 68 #206
1900 — 85 85 #213
1899 — 64 64 #207
1898 — 50 50 #250
1897 — 60 60 #216
1896 — 76 76 #203
1895 — 58 58 #230
1894 — 43 43 #269
1893 — 50 50 #247
1892 — 45 45 #266
1891 — 41 41 #248
1890 — 64 64 #206
1889 — 48 48 #234
1888 — 35 35 #304
1887 — 34 34 #277
1886 — 50 50 #236
1885 — 53 53 #226
1884 — 37 37 #285
1883 — 36 36 #275
1882 — 43 43 #263
1881 — 38 38 #257
1880 — 52 52 #229