Jerome
About Jerome
Jerome has a bespectacled, serious, studious image, just like its namesake saint, who was a brilliant scholar. St. Jerome is the patron saint of students, librarians, and archaeologists.
Musical namesakes include Jerome Kern and Jerome Robbins, and Jerome is also the birthname of J.D Salinger, Jerry Garcia, and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as one of the Three Stooges.
The Latin form is Hieronymus, as in the painter Bosch.
Pronounced juh-ROHM.
As of October 2026, Jerome ranked #1257 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #93 in 1939.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #801 | 287 | 149.4 |
| 2015 | #837 | 268 | 139.8 |
| 2016 | #838 | 270 | 142.3 |
| 2017 | #858 | 255 | 137.8 |
| 2018 | #869 | 252 | 138.8 |
| 2019 | #912 | 242 | 134.9 |
| 2020 | #1,002 | 211 | 122.2 |
| 2021 | #1,105 | 188 | 107.5 |
| 2022 | #1,147 | 181 | 103.7 |
| 2023 | #1,135 | 186 | 108.7 |
| 2024 | #1,335 | 143 | 83 |
| 2025 | #1,257 | 158 | 92.5 |
World rankings
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Jerome on lists
Famous Jeromes
- Jerome David "J.D." Salinger
American novelist
- Saint Jerome
Dalmatian presbyter, theologian, confessor and historian
- Jérôme
Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, brother of Napoleon I
- Jerome Klapka Jerome
English humorist
- Jerome David Kern
American composer and songwriter
- Jerome Robbins
American choreographer and producer
- Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld
American actor/comedian
- Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia
American lead singer of The Grateful Dead
- Jerome Silberman AKA Gene Wilder
American actor/comedian
- Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer
American film producer
- Jerome Coopersmith
American playwright
- Jerome Seymour Bruner
American psychologist
- Jerome Abram Bettis
American NFL football player
- Jerome Hines
American operatic bass
- Jerome Richardson
American jazz musician
- Jerome Leonard Boger
American NFL referee
- Jerome Isaac Jones aka Young Rome
American singer/rapper
- Stayve Jerome Thomas aka Slim Thug
American rapper
- Jerome Caminada
British Victorian detective, possible inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
- Jerome Patrick Flynn
English actor and singer
- Jérôme Boateng
German football player
- Jérôme Golmard
French tennis player
- Jérôme "Geronimo" Le Banner
French kickboxer
- Jerome Earl Fontamillas
American musician of bands Mortal and Fold Zandura
- Jarome Arthur
Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jerome Robert Aceti aka JeromeASF
American YouTuber
Jerome in pop culture
- Jerome
German shepherd character in anime "Ginga Densetsu Weed"
- Jerome Clarke
character on TV's "House of Anubis"
- Jerome Morris
Shia LaBeouf's character in movie "Nymphomaniac"
- Jerome Squalor
character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Jerome Morrow
character in the movie "Gattaca."
- Jerome E. "Jerry" Renault
protagonist of Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War" and the 1988 film of the same name