Jerome
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
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.
Jerome is also given to girls.
Pronounced juh-ROHM.
As of October 2026, Jerome ranked #14433 in US births in 1993 SSA, peaked at #1934 in 1933.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #801 | 287 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #837 | 268 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #838 | 270 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #858 | 255 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #869 | 252 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #912 | 242 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,002 | 211 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,105 | 188 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,147 | 181 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,135 | 186 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,335 | 143 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,257 | 158 |
World rankings
Jerome for boys
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Jerome on lists
Famous Jeromes
- Jerome David "J.D." SalingerBoy
American novelist
- Saint JeromeBoy
Dalmatian presbyter, theologian, confessor and historian
- JérômeBoy
Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, brother of Napoleon I
- Jerome Klapka JeromeBoy
English humorist
- Jerome David KernBoy
American composer and songwriter
- Jerome RobbinsBoy
American choreographer and producer
- Jerome Allen "Jerry" SeinfeldBoy
American actor/comedian
- Jerome John "Jerry" GarciaBoy
American lead singer of The Grateful Dead
- Jerome Silberman AKA Gene WilderBoy
American actor/comedian
- Jerome Leon "Jerry" BruckheimerBoy
American film producer
- Jerome CoopersmithBoy
American playwright
- Jerome Seymour BrunerBoy
American psychologist
- Jerome Abram BettisBoy
American NFL football player
- Jerome HinesBoy
American operatic bass
- Jerome RichardsonBoy
American jazz musician
- Jerome Leonard BogerBoy
American NFL referee
- Jerome Isaac Jones aka Young RomeBoy
American singer/rapper
- Stayve Jerome Thomas aka Slim ThugBoy
American rapper
- Jerome CaminadaBoy
British Victorian detective, possible inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
- Jerome Patrick FlynnBoy
English actor and singer
- Jérôme BoatengBoy
German football player
- Jérôme GolmardBoy
French tennis player
- Jérôme "Geronimo" Le BannerBoy
French kickboxer
- Jerome Earl FontamillasBoy
American musician of bands Mortal and Fold Zandura
- Jarome ArthurBoy
Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jerome Robert Aceti aka JeromeASFBoy
American YouTuber
Jerome in pop culture
- JeromeBoy
German shepherd character in anime "Ginga Densetsu Weed"
- Jerome ClarkeBoy
character on TV's "House of Anubis"
- Jerome MorrisBoy
Shia LaBeouf's character in movie "Nymphomaniac"
- Jerome SqualorBoy
character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Jerome MorrowBoy
character in the movie "Gattaca."
- Jerome E. "Jerry" RenaultBoy
protagonist of Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War" and the 1988 film of the same name