first name
GERONIMO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,524 people named Geronimo, 84.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Geronimo peaked in 2009, when 55 babies got the name.
At least 3,085 babies have been given the name since 1906. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Geronimo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #3,552. The largest share of babies named Geronimo, 22.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Geronimo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Geronimo has been most common in Texas (8.2×), California (3.2×), and Florida (0.82×), and least common in Florida (0.82×).
1,792 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Geronimo
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Geronimo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Geronimo ranks #8,609 of 156,621, with 3,663 people. See Geronimo as a last name
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