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Geronimo: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 32 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,138 in 1907.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,138 in 1907; #3,541 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Geronimo in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,541 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1907, at #1,138.
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Geronimo: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 32 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,138 in 1907 · most boys in one year: 55 (2009).
In 2025, 32 US boys were named Geronimo, making it the 3,541st most common boys’ name of the year, down 128 places from #3,413 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 34 boys named Geronimo in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,138, reached in 1907. The most boys given the name in a single year was 55, in 2009. For comparison, it was #2,654 in 2015 and #1,584 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Geronimo in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1906 with 5 babies. In all, 3,085 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 438 babies named Geronimo.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 389 US boys were named Geronimo; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 50. In 2025 that was about 1 in 53,377 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 32 | #3,541 |
| 2024 | — | — | 34 | #3,413 |
| 2023 | — | — | 31 | #3,652 |
| 2022 | — | — | 36 | #3,297 |
| 2021 | — | — | 43 | #2,879 |
| 2020 | — | — | 41 | #2,899 |
| 2019 | — | — | 50 | #2,603 |
| 2018 | — | — | 33 | #3,400 |
| 2017 | — | — | 39 | #3,029 |
| 2016 | — | — | 50 | #2,530 |
| 2015 | — | — | 46 | #2,654 |
| 2014 | — | — | 32 | #3,402 |
| 2013 | — | — | 39 | #2,909 |
| 2012 | — | — | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2011 | — | — | 39 | #2,962 |
| 2010 | — | — | 28 | #3,746 |
| 2009 | — | — | 55 | #2,361 |
| 2008 | — | — | 44 | #2,760 |
| 2007 | — | — | 44 | #2,734 |
| 2006 | — | — | 42 | #2,758 |
| 2005 | — | — | 53 | #2,252 |
| 2004 | — | — | 34 | #2,972 |
| 2003 | — | — | 34 | #2,873 |
| 2002 | — | — | 41 | #2,440 |
| 2001 | — | — | 47 | #2,192 |
| 2000 | — | — | 44 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | — | — | 40 | #2,277 |
| 1998 | — | — | 44 | #2,109 |
| 1997 | — | — | 42 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | — | — | 38 | #2,196 |
| 1995 | — | — | 44 | #1,932 |
| 1994 | — | — | 37 | #2,194 |
| 1993 | — | — | 18 | #3,551 |
| 1992 | — | — | 33 | #2,270 |
| 1991 | — | — | 36 | #2,067 |
| 1990 | — | — | 34 | #2,138 |
| 1989 | — | — | 22 | #2,820 |
| 1988 | — | — | 29 | #2,163 |
| 1987 | — | — | 29 | #2,081 |
| 1986 | — | — | 27 | #2,118 |
| 1985 | — | — | 28 | #2,037 |
| 1984 | — | — | 29 | #1,906 |
| 1983 | — | — | 25 | #2,111 |
| 1982 | — | — | 44 | #1,447 |
| 1981 | — | — | 41 | #1,507 |
| 1980 | — | — | 37 | #1,603 |
| 1979 | — | — | 40 | #1,499 |
| 1978 | — | — | 34 | #1,629 |
| 1977 | — | — | 41 | #1,433 |
| 1976 | — | — | 36 | #1,513 |
| 1975 | — | — | 36 | #1,485 |
| 1974 | — | — | 33 | #1,525 |
| 1973 | — | — | 31 | #1,561 |
| 1972 | — | — | 31 | #1,544 |
| 1971 | — | — | 33 | #1,504 |
| 1970 | — | — | 27 | #1,672 |
| 1969 | — | — | 25 | #1,659 |
| 1968 | — | — | 26 | #1,557 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #1,994 |
| 1966 | — | — | 18 | #1,841 |
| 1965 | — | — | 21 | #1,744 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1963 | — | — | 16 | #2,070 |
| 1962 | — | — | 25 | #1,598 |
| 1961 | — | — | 30 | #1,476 |
| 1960 | — | — | 26 | #1,600 |
| 1959 | — | — | 23 | #1,683 |
| 1958 | — | — | 22 | #1,701 |
| 1957 | — | — | 18 | #1,913 |
| 1956 | — | — | 21 | #1,740 |
| 1955 | — | — | 16 | #1,994 |
| 1954 | — | — | 20 | #1,726 |
| 1953 | — | — | 25 | #1,531 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | — | — | 19 | #1,746 |
| 1950 | — | — | 22 | #1,584 |
| 1949 | — | — | 18 | #1,782 |
| 1948 | — | — | 23 | #1,531 |
| 1947 | — | — | 20 | #1,710 |
| 1946 | — | — | 11 | #2,329 |
| 1945 | — | — | 15 | #1,810 |
| 1944 | — | — | 23 | #1,413 |
| 1943 | — | — | 14 | #2,017 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,438 |
| 1941 | — | — | 16 | #1,786 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,555 |
| 1939 | — | — | 11 | #2,214 |
| 1938 | — | — | 14 | #1,925 |
| 1937 | — | — | 14 | #1,942 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,672 |
| 1935 | — | — | 10 | #2,441 |
| 1934 | — | — | 10 | #2,460 |
| 1933 | — | — | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1932 | — | — | 20 | #1,608 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,034 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,223 |
| 1929 | — | — | 22 | #1,580 |
| 1928 | — | — | 26 | #1,464 |
| 1927 | — | — | 18 | #1,905 |
| 1926 | — | — | 18 | #1,859 |
| 1925 | — | — | 22 | #1,654 |
| 1924 | — | — | 23 | #1,646 |
| 1923 | — | — | 22 | #1,662 |
| 1922 | — | — | 18 | #1,916 |
| 1921 | — | — | 15 | #2,186 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,848 |
| 1919 | — | — | 19 | #1,775 |
| 1917 | — | — | 6 | #3,716 |
| 1916 | — | — | 6 | #3,649 |
| 1915 | — | — | 10 | #2,515 |
| 1914 | — | — | 9 | #2,336 |
| 1913 | — | — | 15 | #1,394 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,947 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,615 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,138 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,312 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).