Meaning and history
Jérôme comes from the Greek name Ἱερώνυμος (Hieronymos), meaning “sacred name,” from ἱερός (hieros), “sacred,” and ὄνυμα (onyma), “name.” It was associated with Saint Jerome, who produced the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible, in the 5th century and is regarded as a Doctor of the Church. The name was used in his honour in the Middle Ages, especially in Italy and France, and has been in use in England since the 12th century.
20062006: 429 births, rank #577
2007: 417 births, rank #602
2008: 400 births, rank #619
2009: 359 births, rank #676
2010: 306 births, rank #742
20112011: 306 births, rank #740
2012: 336 births, rank #707
2013: 294 births, rank #767
2014: 287 births, rank #800
2015: 269 births, rank #836
20162016: 270 births, rank #837
2017: 255 births, rank #854
2018: 252 births, rank #868
2019: 242 births, rank #908
2020: 211 births, rank #1,002
20212021: 188 births, rank #1,105
2022: 181 births, rank #1,146
2023: 186 births, rank #1,134
2024: 146 births, rank #1,321
20252025: 158 births, rank #1,256
Jerome moved from #869 to #912 for boys between 2018 and 2019. Its highest annual birth count came in 1954, with 3,113 births.