Jeronimo
Masculine · “sacred name”
Jerónimo is the Spanish of Jerome — sacred name, in Greek — and the scholar who carried it translated the whole Bible into Latin single-handed.
How old is the name Jeronimo?
Jeronimo first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Jeronimo alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 2,100 people named Jeronimo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jeronimo most popular?
Jeronimo peaked in 2025, reaching #1906 nationally. Today it ranks #1906, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From hieros onoma to Jeronimo
The story of Jeronimo
Jerome translated the Bible into Latin from Hebrew and Greek over more than twenty years, producing the Vulgate — the text of Western Christianity for a millennium. Separately, the Apache leader Goyaałé was called Gerónimo by Mexican soldiers. The name is standard in Spanish and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
sacred name
From the Greek hieros, 'sacred', and onoma, 'name' — the same hieros behind hierarchy and hieroglyph. Both elements are ordinary Greek and the compound is transparent and undisputed. Spanish took Hieronymus as Jerónimo.
How the name formed
- hieros onoma
- Hieronymus
- Jerónimo
Related forms: Jerónimo · Girolamo · Jerome · Jerónimo
Pronouncing Jeronimo
heh-ROH-nee-moh
Four syllables, stress on the second. Spanish gives the J an h sound and marks the accent.
Nicknames for Jeronimo
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most boys named
- 202582 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1906reached in 2025
- Change vs 2023
- +2.5%82 in 2025, from 80
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jeronimo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jerónimo in Spanish — same name
- Girolamo in Italian — related form
- Jerome in English — related form
- Jerónimo in Portuguese — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, California.
Jeronimos among us
people named Jeronimo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 20,830 born in 2025 was named Jeronimo
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kanyon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jeronimo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kanyon climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kanyon's path sketches the road Jeronimo is walking now.
Jeronimo is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jeronimo is headed
Jeronimo should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jeronimo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jeronimo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The sacred-name meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- The man who produced the Vulgate is a genuinely consequential figure.
- It is standard across Spanish and Portuguese naming.
- The initial consonant differs between Spanish and English readings.
- The Apache leader's name is a strong and complicated American association.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jeronimos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Jeronimo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jeronimo in 2025?
- Jeronimo ranks #1906 among US boy names in 2025, with 82 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jeronimo?
- About 1 in every 20,830 US boys born in 2025 was named Jeronimo — 82 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jeronimo with classmates?
- Jeronimo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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