Jerome

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jerome: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jerome: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #119, and it stood at #582 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
88times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#119highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jerome's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#230
1997	#273
1998	#340
1999	#400
2000	#404
2001	#416
2002	#431
2003	#441
2004	#487
2005	#557
2006	#543
2007	#509
2008	#640
2009	#711
2010	#687
2011	#831
2012	#927
2013	#931
2014	#1035
2015	#1095
2016	#1081
2017	#1146
2018	#1194
2019	#1253
2020	#1548
2021	#1860
2022	#1143
2023	#1309
2024	#1322

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 54 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1322 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #119 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #119 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jerome appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 408 births with the name.

Jerome across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jerome's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#119 (1964)	#119 (1964)	#582 (2024)	54 of 61	408 (1964–2024)	18 (1964)
England and Wales · Boys	#230 (1996)	#230 (1996)	#1322 (2024)	29 of 29	1,264 (1996–2024)	135 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#221 (1998)	#220 (2002)	#342 (2015)	5 of 18	20 (1998–2015)	5 (1998)

Jerome by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jerome in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	80	6 of 10	13
1970s	116	10 of 10	12
1980s	77	10 of 10	8
1990s	52	9 of 10	6
2000s	30	7 of 10	4
2010s	29	7 of 10	4
2020s	24	5 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Jerome appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #119 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Jerome's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1095	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1035	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#831	36	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#687	45	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#711	42	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#640	48	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#509	63	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#543	54	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#557	48	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#487	54	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#441	57	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#431	52	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#416	52	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#404	54	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#400	56	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#340	70	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#273	100	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#230	135	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#221	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	11	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#248	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	13	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	12	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	14	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	12	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	16	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	12	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	14	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	12	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	9	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	17	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	18	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #119, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 135 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Jersey · #363, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fionnuala · #116, 60y
Pierce · #122, 61y
Eanna · #115, 57y
Fiachra · #115, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Eithne · #119, 47y
Paschal · #119, 20y
Valentine · #119, 53y
Ita · #118, 41y

Jerome was ranked #119 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jerome and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jerome without appearing here.

Jerome moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1143 and #2018.
Craig Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1143 and #1692.
Emil Compare
In 2022 they stood at #657 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #472 and #770.
Brendan Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #1516 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1143 and #1366.

Moved ahead of Jerome

Colin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1610 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #1000.
Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #423 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #241.
Steven Compare
In 2023 they stood at #472 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #582 and #302.
Alfred Compare
In 2007 they stood at #527 and #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #601 and #368.

Moved the opposite way to Jerome

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerome went from #119 to #582 while Alexander went from #116 to #44.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerome went from #119 to #582 while Benjamin went from #139 to #74.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerome went from #119 to #582 while Conor went from #56 to #19.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerome went from #119 to #582 while Daniel went from #19 to #11.

Moved the same way as Jerome

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerome went from #119 to #582 and Adrian from #65 to #200.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerome went from #119 to #582 and Alfred from #134 to #430.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerome went from #119 to #582 and Denis from #21 to #195.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerome went from #119 to #582 and Edward from #18 to #144.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #119 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jerome

Jerome at a glance

What stands out in Jerome's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jerome across 3 official records

Jerome by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jerome appears in

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Jerome at a glance

What stands out in Jerome's record

Jerome across 3 official records

Jerome by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jerome appears in

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Jerome

Jerome and the names beside it

Jerome moved ahead of

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