Is Jerome a boy or girl name?
Jerome is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 143 boys were named Jerome, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.7% of the 162,136 US babies named Jerome were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,335
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Jerome since 1880
- 162,136
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 3,129 babies
Boys and girls named Jerome, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 426 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 551 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 972 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 7,405 | 74 | 1% |
| 1920s | 15,453 | 131 | 0.8% |
| 1930s | 18,966 | 113 | 0.6% |
| 1940s | 23,110 | 110 | 0.5% |
| 1950s | 29,705 | 175 | 0.6% |
| 1960s | 22,295 | 172 | 0.8% |
| 1970s | 14,784 | 154 | 1% |
| 1980s | 12,188 | 122 | 1% |
| 1990s | 7,230 | 11 | 0.2% |
| 2000s | 4,264 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 2,816 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 909 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 143 | #1,335 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 186 | #1,135 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,147 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 188 | #1,105 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 211 | #1,002 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 242 | #912 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 252 | #869 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 255 | #858 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 270 | #838 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 268 | #837 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 287 | #801 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 294 | #767 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 336 | #708 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 306 | #742 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 306 | #742 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 359 | #677 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 400 | #619 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 417 | #603 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 429 | #578 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 429 | #556 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 414 | #554 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 412 | #547 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 472 | #489 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 470 | #488 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 462 | #494 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 513 | #446 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 578 | #412 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 534 | #427 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 599 | #393 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 644 | #371 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 728 | #338 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 801 | #325 | 5 | #14,433 |
| 1992 | 900 | #298 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 915 | #284 | 6 | #12,139 |
| 1990 | 1,018 | #264 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 1,034 | #249 | 7 | #10,162 |
| 1988 | 1,127 | #223 | 12 | #6,441 |
| 1987 | 1,180 | #212 | 11 | #6,504 |
| 1986 | 1,166 | #206 | 10 | #6,803 |
| 1985 | 1,211 | #200 | 12 | #5,804 |
| 1984 | 1,180 | #199 | 12 | #5,672 |
| 1983 | 1,234 | #194 | 13 | #5,265 |
| 1982 | 1,307 | #191 | 14 | #5,046 |
| 1981 | 1,364 | #183 | 20 | #3,912 |
| 1980 | 1,385 | #178 | 11 | #6,076 |
| 1979 | 1,360 | #177 | 15 | #4,713 |
| 1978 | 1,371 | #173 | 11 | #5,696 |
| 1977 | 1,363 | #175 | 16 | #4,303 |
| 1976 | 1,412 | #166 | 21 | #3,336 |
| 1975 | 1,437 | #165 | 11 | #5,283 |
| 1974 | 1,416 | #169 | 16 | #3,928 |
| 1973 | 1,449 | #164 | 17 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 1,546 | #166 | 12 | #4,632 |
| 1971 | 1,707 | #160 | 14 | #4,189 |
| 1970 | 1,723 | #168 | 21 | #3,151 |
| 1969 | 1,671 | #166 | 16 | #3,519 |
| 1968 | 1,685 | #161 | 17 | #3,233 |
| 1967 | 1,797 | #153 | 13 | #3,739 |
| 1966 | 1,944 | #147 | 12 | #3,824 |
| 1965 | 2,144 | #142 | 11 | #4,049 |
| 1964 | 2,316 | #140 | 11 | #4,206 |
| 1963 | 2,662 | #128 | 24 | #2,509 |
| 1962 | 2,771 | #131 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1961 | 2,633 | #136 | 16 | #3,247 |
| 1960 | 2,672 | #133 | 28 | #2,218 |
| 1959 | 2,697 | #133 | 21 | #2,547 |
| 1958 | 2,803 | #129 | 20 | #2,610 |
| 1957 | 3,003 | #126 | 21 | #2,518 |
| 1956 | 3,062 | #117 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1955 | 3,083 | #112 | 23 | #2,303 |
| 1954 | 3,113 | #114 | 16 | #2,826 |
| 1953 | 3,079 | #107 | 17 | #2,638 |
| 1952 | 3,045 | #105 | 21 | #2,294 |
| 1951 | 2,990 | #103 | 13 | #3,015 |
| 1950 | 2,830 | #103 | 7 | #4,506 |
| 1949 | 2,769 | #104 | 7 | #4,427 |
| 1948 | 2,591 | #110 | 18 | #2,371 |
| 1947 | 2,689 | #110 | 11 | #3,342 |
| 1946 | 2,286 | #114 | 12 | #2,953 |
| 1945 | 1,840 | #122 | 7 | #3,814 |
| 1944 | 1,953 | #117 | 9 | #3,236 |
| 1943 | 2,308 | #109 | 12 | #2,770 |
| 1942 | 2,340 | #104 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1941 | 2,156 | #101 | 8 | #3,389 |
| 1940 | 2,178 | #95 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1939 | 2,153 | #93 | 7 | #3,599 |
| 1938 | 2,209 | #93 | 9 | #3,041 |
| 1937 | 1,979 | #100 | 14 | #2,251 |
| 1936 | 1,967 | #98 | 9 | #2,971 |
| 1935 | 2,009 | #96 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1934 | 1,773 | #107 | 10 | #2,828 |
| 1933 | 1,693 | #105 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1932 | 1,668 | #107 | 11 | #2,733 |
| 1931 | 1,747 | #103 | 11 | #2,660 |
| 1930 | 1,768 | #105 | 13 | #2,482 |
| 1929 | 1,663 | #110 | 14 | #2,373 |
| 1928 | 1,751 | #110 | 12 | #2,687 |
| 1927 | 1,686 | #111 | 16 | #2,297 |
| 1926 | 1,612 | #114 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1925 | 1,563 | #113 | 11 | #3,032 |
| 1924 | 1,575 | #114 | 19 | #2,090 |
| 1923 | 1,487 | #118 | 13 | #2,654 |
| 1922 | 1,423 | #121 | 11 | #3,049 |
| 1921 | 1,408 | #125 | 8 | #3,836 |
| 1920 | 1,285 | #126 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1919 | 1,109 | #134 | 15 | #2,318 |
| 1918 | 1,146 | #136 | 9 | #3,379 |
| 1917 | 1,073 | #133 | 13 | #2,483 |
| 1916 | 985 | #138 | 7 | #3,722 |
| 1915 | 907 | #140 | 9 | #3,000 |
| 1914 | 737 | #136 | 8 | #2,752 |
| 1913 | 554 | #141 | 6 | #3,010 |
| 1912 | 486 | #133 | 7 | #2,496 |
| 1911 | 212 | #159 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 196 | #159 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 141 | #174 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 127 | #175 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 99 | #198 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 102 | #175 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 87 | #199 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 102 | #178 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 93 | #178 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 68 | #217 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 68 | #205 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 85 | #213 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 64 | #206 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 50 | #249 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 60 | #217 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 76 | #203 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 58 | #230 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 43 | #269 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 50 | #250 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 45 | #267 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 41 | #250 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 64 | #205 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 48 | #235 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 35 | #306 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 34 | #285 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 50 | #239 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 53 | #226 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 37 | #286 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 36 | #276 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 43 | #263 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 38 | #258 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 52 | #229 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Jerome reached #93 in 1938. As a girl name, it reached #1,934 in 1933. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Jerome
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.