Gerome
Gerome is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196432 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,307people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,307 boys have been named Gerome in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 32 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 32 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gerome | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 58 | |
| 1930s | 54 | |
| 1940s | 111 | |
| 1950s | 217 | |
| 1960s | 248 | |
| 1970s | 219 | |
| 1980s | 156 | |
| 1990s | 106 | |
| 2000s | 96 | |
| 2010s | 16 | |
| 2020s | 7 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Gerome was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1964 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Gerome
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dewaynepeak 1962
- Kiethpeak 1964
- Roderickpeak 1971
- Donellpeak 1959
- Lionellpeak 1960
- Bradfordpeak 1953
- Reginaldpeak 1962
- Raynaldopeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.