Jerusalem
#11,352 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Jerusalem has been given to 478 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #11,352 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% girls, 31% boys all-time.
Babies named Jerusalem, 2025
1 in 414,000
Jerusalem over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Jerusalem over time
In 2025, Jerusalem went to 42% girls and 58% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Jerusalem?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 414,000
- 8 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 201,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #11,352
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 287,238 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Jerusalem sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jerusalem. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jerusalems were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Jerusalem was born before 2012 — so the typical Jerusalem is around 13 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 35.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 83.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 329
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 35.9% of all recorded uses (118).
Is Jerusalem 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
- +2,885
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −5,172
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −903
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.80×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 42.1%
- Peak was 2020 (19)
- Years since peak
- 5
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.2% average annual change
Where Jerusalem is used
Across 1910–2025, Jerusalem was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,886,246 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jerusalem has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Jerusalem around the world
Where Jerusalem 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 & Wales2004–2004#4,598in 2004
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.
Jerusalem by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Jerusalem
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Jerusalem
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.