Gerome

Peak · boys
1964 · 32 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,313
since 1912

Gerome over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gerome has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,384, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024—
2023#9,7637
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013#8,7898
2012—
2011—
2010#8,8038
2009#8,9858
2008#6,07014
2007#8,1739
2006#10,6626
2005#10,1516
2004#7,5369
2003#10,8945
2002#5,13114
2001#5,39013
2000#5,58812
1999—
1998#8,4796
1997#3,87717
1996#5,53510
1995#5,12411
1994#4,80312
1993#5,00211
1992#4,32713
1991#4,00514
1990#4,40712
1989#2,98920
1988#4,16211
1987#3,33914
1986#5,3327
1985#4,05210
1984#2,43720
1983#2,40820
1982#3,28213
1981#2,13824
1980#2,72917
1979#2,04825
1978#2,79915
1977#2,00824
1976#2,05423
1975#2,75114
1974#1,93423
1973#1,69627
1972#2,02020
1971#1,91622
1970#1,69926
1969#1,86120
1968#1,73121
1967#1,41129
1966#1,58024
1965#1,98716
1964#1,38432
1963#1,62824
1962#1,38732
1961#1,68623
1960#1,55227
1959#1,80620
1958#1,53426
1957#1,83719
1956#1,48028
1955#1,57224
1954#1,62822
1953#1,42728
1952#1,93916
1951#1,90416
1950#1,74618
1949#1,70219
1948#1,61121
1947#2,25112
1946#2,6908
1945#2,9966
1944#3,1096
1943#1,98614
1942—
1941#2,20711
1940#1,89414
1939#2,8297
1938#3,1756
1937#2,9057
1936#3,5495
1935#3,6455
1934#3,6795
1933—
1932#2,6389
1931#2,47110
1930—
1929#2,45211
1928#2,8439
1927#3,4517
1926—
1925#3,4087
1924#3,8676
1923#3,8226
1922—
1921#4,3225
1920#3,4897
1919#2,15214
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1912#2,5445
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Gerome! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Gerome is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Gerome in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Gerome
Momentum · boys
Brand new
    Rise & fade · boys
    52 yrs to peak
    • Debuted 1912
    • Peaked 1964 at #1,384 (32 births)
    • Births halved by 1965, 1 yr later
    Top of the charts · boys
    Never in the top 1,000
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: never
    Share of babies · boys
    1 in 57,725
    • Highest: 1 in 57,725 boys born in 1973 were named Gerome (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
    • Its best rank, #1,384 in 1964, was only 1 in 62,272 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
    Era · boys
    The 1960s
    • 18.9% of all boys named Gerome (248) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1910s19#2,152 (1919)#2,348
    1920s58#2,452 (1929)#3,457
    1930s54#2,471 (1931)#3,111
    1940s111#1,611 (1948)#2,272
    1950s217#1,427 (1953)#1,687
    1960s248#1,384 (1964)#1,621
    1970s219#1,696 (1973)#2,093
    1980s156#2,138 (1981)#3,287
    1990s106#3,877 (1997)#5,062
    2000s96#5,131 (2002)#7,858
    2010s16#8,789 (2013)#8,796
    2020s13#9,763 (2023)#10,229

    All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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