Gerone

Boys' name

Holy place; temple, through Ἱέρων

Gerone has been given to 49 babies in the U.S. since 1949. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Gerone, 1987

1 in 721,000

Gerone over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gerone: meaning, origin, and history

Holy place; temple, through Ἱέρων

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gerone means

Gerone belongs to the name family reached through Gerone → Ἱέρων. Its meaning is “holy place; temple”.

Origin, language, and formation

Gerone is used in Italian.

Gerone comes through Ancient Greek Ἱέρων.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ἱέρων.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 49 boys were recorded with the name Gerone between 1949 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1980; its best national rank was #3,584 in 1954.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Gerone?

Gerone had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1987, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1987: 1 in 721,000; 5 of 3,605,072 births
Among boys only: 1 in 373,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1987: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,770 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gerone sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1987 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 499,770 children born in 1987 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gerone. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gerones were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gerone was born before 1962 — so the typical Gerone is around 63 today.

Median birth year: 1962; About 63 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 42.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 44.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 44; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 42.9% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Gerone rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1980 (7)
Years since peak: 45; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,584; 1954

Spellings of Gerone

Gerone is not the most common spelling — Jerome is, with 40.2% against Gerone's 0.01%.

Jerome40.2%161,234
Gene31.6%126,877
Tyrone19.8%79,437
Verne1.5%5,841
Deron1.4%5,709
Gerson1.1%4,323
Gerold0.74%2,966
Jeron0.58%2,318

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gerone by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,584; 1954
Peak year: 1980; 7 that year
First recorded: 1949
Last recorded: 1987
All-time count: 49
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gerone

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gerber Geralt Gerred Geramy Tirone Gervonta Gerlad Gerrid Gerrel Gervon Gershom Gered Gerell Gerzon Slone Geraud Geran Gerado Delone Tarone Dewone Derone Gerrett Germar

Sibling names for Gerone

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Charissa Sharonda Shameka Darci Tosha Candi Siobhan Starla

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Wilfredo Antwan Ashley Delvin Chauncey Kareem

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