Geronimo
Geronimo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 340.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200955 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1906
- 3,052people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,052 boys have been named Geronimo in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 55 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 2000s alone account for 14%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Geronimo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 79 | |
| 1920s | 194 | |
| 1930s | 129 | |
| 1940s | 159 | |
| 1950s | 209 | |
| 1960s | 219 | |
| 1970s | 342 | |
| 1980s | 311 | |
| 1990s | 366 | |
| 2000s | 438 | |
| 2010s | 409 | |
| 2020s | 185 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Geronimo was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Geronimo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Santospeak 2023
- Marcelinopeak 2006
- Demetriopeak 1999
- Creightonpeak 2007
- Luciopeak 2024
- Ignaciopeak 2006
- Linopeak 2003
- Mannypeak 2009
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.