Jerome Name Popularity

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How popular is Jerome?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Jerome, ranked the 870th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Jerome has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #93 for the first time in 1938 and as recently as 1939.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1954 with 3,111 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Jerome in any given year was 34 in 1887.

Jerome, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1905-1921, and 1932-1935, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1963-1968, 1970-1973, 1987-1995, and 2007-2010.

Jerome's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Jerome has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jerome?

Jerome's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Jerome is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jerome has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Jerome (Girl)		Jerome (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	250	870
2017		< 5	--	255	856
2016		< 5	--	270	836
2015		< 5	--	268	836
2014		< 5	--	285	804
2013		< 5	--	294	765
2012		< 5	--	336	707
2011		< 5	--	305	743
2010		< 5	--	306	742
2009		< 5	--	358	679
2008		< 5	--	400	618
2007		< 5	--	417	603
2006		< 5	--	429	578
2005		< 5	--	429	556
2004		< 5	--	414	553
2003		< 5	--	411	547
2002		< 5	--	472	488
2001		< 5	--	470	488
2000		< 5	--	461	494
1999		< 5	--	513	446
1998		< 5	--	578	412
1997		< 5	--	534	427
1996		< 5	--	599	393
1995		< 5	--	643	372
1994		< 5	--	728	338
1993		5	14,427	801	325
1992		< 5	--	900	298
1991		6	12,136	915	284
1990		< 5	--	1,018	264
1989		7	10,159	1,034	249
1988		12	6,440	1,126	223
1987		11	6,501	1,181	211
1986		10	6,800	1,165	206
1985		12	5,801	1,211	200
1984		12	5,669	1,179	199
1983		13	5,261	1,233	194
1982		14	5,047	1,309	191
1981		20	3,909	1,364	183
1980		11	6,076	1,383	178
1979		15	4,709	1,360	177
1978		11	5,699	1,372	173
1977		16	4,302	1,365	173
1976		21	3,336	1,412	166
1975		11	5,283	1,438	165
1974		16	3,926	1,417	169
1973		17	3,691	1,449	164
1972		12	4,632	1,548	166
1971		14	4,190	1,708	160
1970		21	3,151	1,723	168
1969		16	3,520	1,671	166
1968		17	3,233	1,686	161
1967		13	3,739	1,797	153
1966		12	3,825	1,943	147
1965		11	4,047	2,143	142
1964		11	4,206	2,317	140
1963		24	2,508	2,664	128
1962		24	2,489	2,768	131
1961		16	3,244	2,633	136
1960		27	2,267	2,671	133
1959		21	2,546	2,686	135
1958		20	2,612	2,811	129
1957		21	2,518	3,000	126
1956		16	2,979	3,062	117
1955		23	2,306	3,085	112
1954		16	2,825	3,111	114
1953		18	2,553	3,080	107
1952		20	2,364	3,048	105
1951		13	3,014	2,989	103
1950		7	4,508	2,827	103
1949		7	4,428	2,769	105
1948		18	2,371	2,591	110
1947		11	3,341	2,689	110
1946		12	2,954	2,285	114
1945		7	3,814	1,840	122
1944		9	3,235	1,953	117
1943		12	2,770	2,307	109
1942		15	2,348	2,339	104
1941		8	3,391	2,155	101
1940		11	2,640	2,178	95
1939		7	3,599	2,152	93
1938		9	3,042	2,209	93
1937		14	2,251	1,978	100
1936		9	2,971	1,966	98
1935		12	2,497	2,010	96
1934		10	2,828	1,773	107
1933		17	1,935	1,693	105
1932		11	2,734	1,668	107
1931		11	2,661	1,749	103
1930		13	2,483	1,769	105
1929		14	2,373	1,663	110
1928		12	2,686	1,751	110
1927		16	2,296	1,685	111
1926		15	2,409	1,614	114
1925		11	3,033	1,563	113
1924		19	2,091	1,575	114
1923		13	2,655	1,487	118
1922		11	3,048	1,423	121
1921		8	3,837	1,408	125
1920		12	2,808	1,285	126
1919		15	2,318	1,109	134
1918		9	3,379	1,146	136
1917		13	2,483	1,073	133
1916		7	3,722	985	138
1915		9	3,000	907	140
1914		8	2,752	737	136
1913		6	3,010	554	141
1912		7	2,496	486	133
1911		< 5	--	212	159
1910		< 5	--	196	159
1909		< 5	--	141	174
1908		< 5	--	127	175
1907		< 5	--	99	198
1906		< 5	--	102	175
1905		< 5	--	87	199
1904		< 5	--	102	178
1903		< 5	--	93	178
1902		< 5	--	68	217
1901		< 5	--	68	205
1900		< 5	--	85	213
1899		< 5	--	64	206
1898		< 5	--	50	249
1897		< 5	--	60	217
1896		< 5	--	76	203
1895		< 5	--	58	230
1894		< 5	--	43	269
1893		< 5	--	50	250
1892		< 5	--	45	267
1891		< 5	--	41	250
1890		< 5	--	64	205
1889		< 5	--	48	235
1888		< 5	--	35	306
1887		< 5	--	34	285
1886		< 5	--	50	239
1885		< 5	--	53	226
1884		< 5	--	37	286
1883		< 5	--	36	276
1882		< 5	--	43	263
1881		< 5	--	38	258
1880		< 5	--	52	229

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.