first name
JEROME
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 92,865 people named Jerome, 51.8% reported their origin as White, 37.7% as Black and 3.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 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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Jerome peaked in 1954, when 3,129 babies got the name.
At least 162,296 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Jerome by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #232. The largest share of babies named Jerome, 32.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Jerome is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jerome has been most common in North Dakota (3.3×), District of Columbia (2.9×), and Wisconsin (2.9×), and least common in Utah (0.04×).
155,871 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 Jerome
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jerome, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jerome ranks #3,808 of 156,621, with 9,086 people. See Jerome as a last name
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