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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gerome

Gerome was the 11126th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1392nd; the most babies were born in 1962 (32). More babies were named Gerome in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#11,126 boys
Babies in 2025
6boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
196232 babies
Total since 1880
1,313babies recorded

Gerome popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#11,1266
2020——
2010#9,0768
2000#5,69012
1990#4,49912
1980#2,76717
1970#1,72426
1960#1,56427
1950#1,77118
1940#1,93414
1930——
1920#3,6187
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Gerome, counting every spelling?

Gerome has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Gerome?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gerome (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Gerome born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gerome.

Chance of another Gerome in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Gerome?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Gerome are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 37 and 64. That makes Gerome mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Gerome by state

How common Gerome was among boys born in each state in 1960–1964, around its peak. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTN0.05North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gerome, boys, 1960–1964. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Gerome: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gerome, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Gerome

How popular is the name Gerome?

Gerome was the 11126th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1392nd; the most babies were born in 1962 (32). More babies were named Gerome in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Gerome a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Gerome in the US.

Where was Gerome most popular?

In 1960–1964, Gerome was most common in Tennessee (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Illinois and Illinois.