Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Jerome

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

Endangered Down 95.4% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

3,113

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

95.4%

2024

143

All-time

161,074

Jerome once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 3,113 boys were named Jerome.

In 2024, only 143 boys were given the name.

Down 95.4% from its peak.

All told, about 161,074 Americans have been named Jerome and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.4% from peak

19543,113 boys named Jerome

2024143 boys named Jerome

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