Jerome is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1954 and has since faded.
Jerome is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,257 for boy births in the United States (and #2,603 across all names), given to 158 babies. Jerome first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1954 (3,113 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,257 |
| 2024 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,323 |
| 2023 | 186 | 186 | — | #1,135 |
| 2022 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,148 |
| 2021 | 188 | 188 | — | #1,105 |
| 2020 | 211 | 211 | — | #1,002 |
| 2019 | 242 | 242 | — | #912 |
| 2018 | 252 | 252 | — | #869 |
| 2017 | 255 | 255 | — | #858 |
| 2016 | 270 | 270 | — | #838 |
| 2015 | 269 | 274 | — | #837 |
| 2014 | 287 | 287 | — | #802 |
| 2013 | 294 | 294 | — | #767 |
| 2012 | 336 | 336 | — | #708 |
| 2011 | 306 | 306 | — | #742 |
| 2010 | 306 | 306 | — | #742 |
| 2009 | 359 | 359 | — | #677 |
| 2008 | 400 | 400 | — | #619 |
| 2007 | 417 | 430 | — | #603 |
| 2006 | 429 | 429 | — | #578 |
| 2005 | 429 | 439 | — | #556 |
| 2004 | 414 | 414 | — | #554 |
| 2003 | 412 | 417 | — | #547 |
| 2002 | 472 | 477 | — | #488 |
| 2001 | 470 | 482 | — | #488 |
| 2000 | 462 | 472 | — | #494 |
| 1999 | 513 | 525 | — | #446 |
| 1998 | 578 | 595 | — | #412 |
| 1997 | 534 | — | — | #427 |
| 1996 | 599 | — | — | #393 |
| 1995 | 644 | — | — | #371 |
| 1994 | 728 | — | — | #338 |
| 1993 | 806 | — | #14,434 | #325 |
| 1992 | 900 | — | — | #298 |
| 1991 | 921 | — | #12,139 | #284 |
| 1990 | 1,019 | — | — | #264 |
| 1989 | 1,041 | — | #10,162 | #249 |
| 1988 | 1,139 | — | #6,440 | #223 |
| 1987 | 1,191 | — | #6,504 | #212 |
| 1986 | 1,175 | — | #6,805 | #207 |
| 1985 | 1,223 | — | #5,804 | #200 |
| 1984 | 1,192 | — | #5,672 | #199 |
| 1983 | 1,247 | — | #5,265 | #194 |
| 1982 | 1,321 | — | #5,045 | #191 |
| 1981 | 1,384 | — | #3,912 | #183 |
| 1980 | 1,396 | — | #6,076 | #178 |
| 1979 | 1,375 | — | #4,713 | #177 |
| 1978 | 1,382 | — | #5,696 | #173 |
| 1977 | 1,379 | — | #4,303 | #175 |
| 1976 | 1,433 | — | #3,335 | #166 |
| 1975 | 1,448 | — | #5,283 | #165 |
| 1974 | 1,431 | — | #3,928 | #169 |
| 1973 | 1,466 | — | #3,693 | #164 |
| 1972 | 1,558 | — | #4,632 | #166 |
| 1971 | 1,720 | — | #4,190 | #160 |
| 1970 | 1,745 | — | #3,151 | #168 |
| 1969 | 1,687 | — | #3,518 | #166 |
| 1968 | 1,702 | — | #3,233 | #161 |
| 1967 | 1,810 | — | #3,739 | #153 |
| 1966 | 1,956 | — | #3,824 | #147 |
| 1965 | 2,154 | — | #4,049 | #142 |
| 1964 | 2,327 | — | #4,204 | #140 |
| 1963 | 2,687 | — | #2,509 | #128 |
| 1962 | 2,794 | — | #2,492 | #131 |
| 1961 | 2,646 | — | #3,246 | #136 |
| 1960 | 2,704 | — | #2,218 | #133 |
| 1959 | 2,717 | — | #2,546 | #133 |
| 1958 | 2,824 | — | #2,611 | #129 |
| 1957 | 3,023 | — | #2,518 | #126 |
| 1956 | 3,078 | — | #2,979 | #117 |
| 1955 | 3,106 | — | #2,303 | #112 |
| 1954 | 3,129 | — | #2,826 | #114 |
| 1953 | 3,096 | — | #2,638 | #107 |
| 1952 | 3,066 | — | #2,294 | #105 |
| 1951 | 3,004 | — | #3,015 | #103 |
| 1950 | 2,837 | — | #4,506 | #103 |
| 1949 | 2,776 | — | #4,427 | #104 |
| 1948 | 2,609 | — | #2,371 | #110 |
| 1947 | 2,700 | — | #3,342 | #110 |
| 1946 | 2,298 | — | #2,953 | #114 |
| 1945 | 1,847 | — | #3,814 | #122 |
| 1944 | 1,962 | — | #3,236 | #117 |
| 1943 | 2,320 | — | #2,770 | #109 |
| 1942 | 2,355 | — | #2,350 | #104 |
| 1941 | 2,164 | — | #3,389 | #101 |
| 1940 | 2,189 | — | #2,641 | #95 |
| 1939 | 2,160 | — | #3,599 | #93 |
| 1938 | 2,218 | — | #3,041 | #93 |
| 1937 | 1,993 | — | #2,251 | #100 |
| 1936 | 1,976 | — | #2,971 | #98 |
| 1935 | 2,020 | — | #2,497 | #96 |
| 1934 | 1,783 | — | #2,828 | #107 |
| 1933 | 1,710 | — | #1,934 | #105 |
| 1932 | 1,679 | — | #2,733 | #107 |
| 1931 | 1,758 | — | #2,661 | #103 |
| 1930 | 1,781 | — | #2,482 | #105 |
| 1929 | 1,678 | — | #2,373 | #110 |
| 1928 | 1,762 | — | #2,687 | #110 |
| 1927 | 1,702 | — | #2,297 | #111 |
| 1926 | 1,627 | — | #2,408 | #114 |
| 1925 | 1,574 | — | #3,032 | #113 |
| 1924 | 1,594 | — | #2,090 | #114 |
| 1923 | 1,500 | — | #2,654 | #118 |
| 1922 | 1,434 | — | #3,049 | #121 |
| 1921 | 1,416 | — | #3,836 | #125 |
| 1920 | 1,297 | — | #2,808 | #126 |
| 1919 | 1,124 | — | #2,318 | #134 |
| 1918 | 1,155 | — | #3,379 | #136 |
| 1917 | 1,086 | — | #2,483 | #133 |
| 1916 | 992 | — | #3,722 | #138 |
| 1915 | 916 | — | #3,000 | #140 |
| 1914 | 745 | — | #2,752 | #136 |
| 1913 | 560 | — | #3,010 | #141 |
| 1912 | 493 | — | #2,496 | #133 |
| 1911 | 212 | — | — | #159 |
| 1910 | 196 | — | — | #159 |
| 1909 | 141 | — | — | #174 |
| 1908 | 127 | — | — | #175 |
| 1907 | 99 | — | — | #198 |
| 1906 | 102 | — | — | #175 |
| 1905 | 87 | — | — | #199 |
| 1904 | 102 | — | — | #178 |
| 1903 | 93 | — | — | #178 |
| 1902 | 68 | — | — | #217 |
| 1901 | 68 | — | — | #205 |
| 1900 | 85 | — | — | #213 |
| 1899 | 64 | — | — | #206 |
| 1898 | 50 | — | — | #249 |
| 1897 | 60 | — | — | #217 |
| 1896 | 76 | — | — | #203 |
| 1895 | 58 | — | — | #230 |
| 1894 | 43 | — | — | #269 |
| 1893 | 50 | — | — | #250 |
| 1892 | 45 | — | — | #267 |
| 1891 | 41 | — | — | #250 |
| 1890 | 64 | — | — | #205 |
| 1889 | 48 | — | — | #235 |
| 1888 | 35 | — | — | #306 |
| 1887 | 34 | — | — | #285 |
| 1886 | 50 | — | — | #239 |
| 1885 | 53 | — | — | #226 |
| 1884 | 37 | — | — | #286 |
| 1883 | 36 | — | — | #276 |
| 1882 | 43 | — | — | #263 |
| 1881 | 38 | — | — | #258 |
| 1880 | 52 | — | — | #229 |