Masculine dossier · first seen 1906

Geronimo

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Geronimo
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1906Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

38.2%

2024

All-time

3,052

Geronimo has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2009, when 55 boys were named Geronimo.

In 2024, only 34 boys were given the name.

Down 38.2% from its peak.

All told, about 3,052 Americans have been named Geronimo and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1906.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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