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Jeronimo: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 82 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,911 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Jeronimo in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,911 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Jeronimo: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 82 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,911 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 82 (2025).
In 2025, 82 US boys were named Jeronimo, making it the 1,911th most common boys’ name of the year, up 268 places from #2,179 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 67 boys named Jeronimo in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,911, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 82. For comparison, it was #2,156 in 2015 and #2,269 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jeronimo in 95 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 6 babies. In all, 2,280 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 603 babies named Jeronimo.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 651 US boys were named Jeronimo; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 82. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,830 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jeronimo ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #740 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 6 | #740 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #902 | — |
| Florida | 11 | #1,157 | #734 |
| Texas | 15 | #1,322 | #1,497 |
| New York | 7 | #1,488 | — |
| California | 9 | #1,749 | #1,579 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 82 | #1,911 |
| 2024 | — | — | 67 | #2,179 |
| 2023 | — | — | 80 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | — | — | 58 | #2,425 |
| 2021 | — | — | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2020 | — | — | 51 | #2,525 |
| 2019 | — | — | 71 | #2,054 |
| 2018 | — | — | 63 | #2,196 |
| 2017 | — | — | 56 | #2,331 |
| 2016 | — | — | 71 | #2,020 |
| 2015 | — | — | 64 | #2,156 |
| 2014 | — | — | 69 | #2,050 |
| 2013 | — | — | 43 | #2,738 |
| 2012 | — | — | 56 | #2,310 |
| 2011 | — | — | 70 | #1,979 |
| 2010 | — | — | 40 | #2,935 |
| 2009 | — | — | 53 | #2,420 |
| 2008 | — | — | 48 | #2,607 |
| 2007 | — | — | 44 | #2,739 |
| 2006 | — | — | 33 | #3,266 |
| 2005 | — | — | 35 | #2,983 |
| 2004 | — | — | 46 | #2,437 |
| 2003 | — | — | 36 | #2,756 |
| 2002 | — | — | 34 | #2,787 |
| 2001 | — | — | 33 | #2,837 |
| 2000 | — | — | 27 | #3,180 |
| 1999 | — | — | 19 | #3,905 |
| 1998 | — | — | 32 | #2,623 |
| 1997 | — | — | 29 | #2,709 |
| 1996 | — | — | 29 | #2,641 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,882 |
| 1994 | — | — | 27 | #2,724 |
| 1993 | — | — | 20 | #3,306 |
| 1992 | — | — | 29 | #2,496 |
| 1991 | — | — | 33 | #2,210 |
| 1990 | — | — | 23 | #2,820 |
| 1989 | — | — | 22 | #2,836 |
| 1988 | — | — | 19 | #2,903 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,419 |
| 1986 | — | — | 25 | #2,254 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,487 |
| 1984 | — | — | 20 | #2,480 |
| 1983 | — | — | 21 | #2,370 |
| 1982 | — | — | 16 | #2,899 |
| 1981 | — | — | 23 | #2,237 |
| 1980 | — | — | 21 | #2,402 |
| 1979 | — | — | 25 | #2,072 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,156 |
| 1977 | — | — | 20 | #2,310 |
| 1976 | — | — | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,143 |
| 1974 | — | — | 19 | #2,232 |
| 1973 | — | — | 9 | #3,569 |
| 1972 | — | — | 11 | #3,056 |
| 1971 | — | — | 15 | #2,504 |
| 1970 | — | — | 9 | #3,393 |
| 1969 | — | — | 9 | #3,188 |
| 1968 | — | — | 10 | #2,823 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,225 |
| 1964 | — | — | 5 | #4,316 |
| 1963 | — | — | 8 | #3,178 |
| 1962 | — | — | 10 | #2,756 |
| 1961 | — | — | 8 | #3,222 |
| 1959 | — | — | 10 | #2,728 |
| 1958 | — | — | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1957 | — | — | 7 | #3,396 |
| 1956 | — | — | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1955 | — | — | 10 | #2,668 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,371 |
| 1953 | — | — | 5 | #4,073 |
| 1951 | — | — | 6 | #3,542 |
| 1950 | — | — | 12 | #2,269 |
| 1948 | — | — | 10 | #2,523 |
| 1947 | — | — | 5 | #4,000 |
| 1946 | — | — | 6 | #3,346 |
| 1942 | — | — | 6 | #3,387 |
| 1941 | — | — | 5 | #3,764 |
| 1940 | — | — | 8 | #2,760 |
| 1938 | — | — | 5 | #3,778 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,349 |
| 1934 | — | — | 8 | #2,841 |
| 1932 | — | — | 6 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | — | — | 7 | #3,240 |
| 1929 | — | — | 5 | #4,270 |
| 1927 | — | — | 6 | #3,972 |
| 1926 | — | — | 8 | #3,262 |
| 1925 | — | — | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1924 | — | — | 6 | #4,106 |
| 1923 | — | — | 8 | #3,307 |
| 1922 | — | — | 6 | #4,068 |
| 1920 | — | — | 6 | #4,044 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #3,948 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,499 |
| 1913 | — | — | 5 | #3,045 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,421 |
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).