Geronimo
#3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
- Peak · boys
- 1907 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,085since 1906
Geronimo over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Geronimo has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,513 | 32 |
| 2024 | #3,394 | 34 |
| 2023 | #3,629 | 31 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #2,862 | 43 |
| 2020 | #2,886 | 41 |
| 2019 | #2,582 | 50 |
| 2018 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #3,006 | 39 |
| 2016 | #2,518 | 50 |
| 2015 | #2,641 | 46 |
| 2014 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2013 | #2,895 | 39 |
| 2012 | #2,358 | 54 |
| 2011 | #2,950 | 39 |
| 2010 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #2,348 | 55 |
| 2008 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2007 | #2,721 | 44 |
| 2006 | #2,744 | 42 |
| 2005 | #2,237 | 53 |
| 2004 | #2,953 | 34 |
| 2003 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #2,185 | 47 |
| 2000 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | #2,263 | 40 |
| 1998 | #2,094 | 44 |
| 1997 | #2,096 | 42 |
| 1996 | #2,183 | 38 |
| 1995 | #1,914 | 44 |
| 1994 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #2,052 | 36 |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 34 |
| 1989 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #2,019 | 28 |
| 1984 | #1,885 | 29 |
| 1983 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #1,441 | 44 |
| 1981 | #1,500 | 41 |
| 1980 | #1,593 | 37 |
| 1979 | #1,487 | 40 |
| 1978 | #1,616 | 34 |
| 1977 | #1,431 | 41 |
| 1976 | #1,502 | 36 |
| 1975 | #1,478 | 36 |
| 1974 | #1,520 | 33 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #1,535 | 31 |
| 1971 | #1,494 | 33 |
| 1970 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #1,544 | 26 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1906
The first year at least five boys were named Geronimo! It came in at #1,253, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 119 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #3,513)
- 627 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #3,513)
- 872 spots since 2015 (#2,641 → #3,513)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1907 at #1,094 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 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 20,975
- Highest: 1 in 20,975 boys born in 1907 were named Geronimo (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 14.2% of all boys named Geronimo (438) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,094 (1907) | #1,174 |
| 1910s | 79 | #1,365 (1913) | #2,291 |
| 1920s | 194 | #1,448 (1928) | #1,843 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,584 (1932) | #2,143 |
| 1940s | 159 | #1,400 (1944) | #1,902 |
| 1950s | 208 | #1,508 (1953) | #1,706 |
| 1960s | 220 | #1,467 (1961) | #1,735 |
| 1970s | 342 | #1,431 (1977) | #1,527 |
| 1980s | 311 | #1,441 (1982) | #1,961 |
| 1990s | 366 | #1,914 (1995) | #2,267 |
| 2000s | 438 | #2,185 (2001) | #2,544 |
| 2010s | 410 | #2,358 (2012) | #2,940 |
| 2020s | 217 | #2,862 (2021) | #3,260 |
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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