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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

JeromeIn Hebrew: ג׳רום · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Jerome (Hebrew: ג׳רום) is a boy's name of international origin. 114 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1976, with 7 babies.

People in Israel
114
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1976
7 babies
USA, 2025
158
rank #1,256

Writing and saying Jerome

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳רום, read right to left. Jerome is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Jerome by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Jerome: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Jerome in English-speaking countries

Jerome in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025158#1,2561954 (3,113)
United Kingdom202522#1,3411997 (100)
England and Wales202519#1,4071996 (135)
Northern Ireland20253#3951998 (5)
Alberta20256#6832005 (11)
Quebec20257#5721980 (244)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Jerome has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Jerome

How do you write Jerome in Hebrew?

Jerome is written ג׳רום in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Jerome?

114 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳רום: 0 women and 114 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Jerome a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ג׳רום are men.

Is Jerome used outside Israel?

The name Jerome appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 158 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,256), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 22 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.