Jeroen

Boys' name

English equivalent of Jerome

Jeroen has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1991. 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 1991, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Jeroen, 1991

1 in 649,000

Jeroen 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jeroen: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Jerome

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jeroen means

Jeroen is a English equivalent of Jerome.

Origin, language, and formation

Jeroen is used in Dutch.

Jeroen comes through Latin Hieronymus and Ancient Greek Ῑ̔ερώνῠμος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jerome.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Jeroen is pronounced /jəˈrun/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Jeroen between 1991 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1991; its best national rank was #7,698 in 1991.

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 Jeroen?

Jeroen had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991: 1 in 649,000; 6 of 3,892,928 births
Among boys only: 1 in 337,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1991: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 449,730 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jeroen 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 1991 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 449,730 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jeroen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jeroens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jeroen was born before 1991 — so the typical Jeroen is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Jeroen 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 1991 (6)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #7,698; 1991

Spellings of Jeroen

Jeroen is not the most common spelling — Jerome is, with 58.4% against Jeroen's <0.01%.

Jerome58.4%161,234
Jensen6.3%17,347
Jaron4.1%11,228
Jerold2.7%7,434
Jorden2.5%7,030
Jerod2.2%6,014
Deron2.1%5,709
Jaren1.8%5,089

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.

Jeroen around the world

Where Jeroen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1999–2004
#3,651
in 2004
France
1984–2003
#4,664
in 2003
South Australia
1958–1974
#455
in 1974

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jeroen 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: #7,698; 1991
Peak year: 1991; 6 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 1991
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jeroen

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

Jermai Jermiri Jersi Jereny Jermol Jervin Jermih Jersei Jerwan Jeriod Jereal Jerail Jeries Jerlin Jeryme Jerney Jerade Jerrud Jerwin Jereck Jermil Jereomy Jerae Jerrome

Sibling names for Jeroen

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

Shaniqua Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Kacy

For a brother

Shay Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Rico Malcom German

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