NameTides

Jerome

Jerome was the #1,256 boys' name in the US in 2025 (158 babies), and #1,406 in England & Wales and #981 in Canada.

Jerome as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jerome as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Jerome as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,256 (158)#1,406 (19)—#395 (3)—#981 (26)
2024#1,321 (146)#1,322 (20)——#582 (5)#747 (35)
2023#1,134 (186)#1,309 (20)——#472 (7)#693 (37)
2022#1,146 (181)#1,143 (24)——#657 (4)#745 (34)
2021#1,105 (188)#1,860 (12)——#755 (3)#673 (40)
2020#1,002 (211)#1,548 (15)——#556 (5)#674 (38)
2019#908 (242)#1,253 (20)——#764 (3)#583 (46)
2018#868 (252)#1,194 (22)——#749 (3)#467 (59)
2017#854 (255)#1,146 (24)———#489 (58)
2016#837 (270)#1,081 (26)——#713 (3)#467 (62)
2015#836 (269)#1,095 (25)—#342 (4)#554 (5)#393 (78)
2014#800 (287)#1,035 (27)——#508 (6)#342 (93)
2013#767 (294)#931 (31)———#308 (104)
2012#707 (336)#927 (32)—#403 (3)#500 (6)#310 (101)
2011#740 (306)#831 (36)#544 (4)——#256 (126)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1938 at #93.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jerome is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,900 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jerome by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Jerome (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5707
Ontario2024#1,2178

Jerome (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JeromeCanadaBoys#98126
JeromeEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
JeromeIrelandBoys—too few
JeromeNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
JeromeScotlandBoys—too few
JeromeUSGirls—too few
JeromeUSBoys#1,256158