Jerusha

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
1882 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,197
since 1882

Jerusha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jerusha has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #908, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#8,94611
2023#11,1698
2022#12,2437
2021#12,2067
2020#10,2509
2019#9,73610
2018#10,5459
2017#11,6158
2016#10,11310
2015#10,8669
2014#8,48513
2013#11,9698
2012#11,2579
2011#9,72311
2010#11,2469
2009#11,4599
2008#8,52914
2007#7,39417
2006#10,61110
2005#9,45211
2004#16,0995
2003#12,4087
2002#8,28012
2001#6,95615
2000#6,80815
1999#8,22311
1998#6,07316
1997#7,74211
1996#8,13210
1995#5,67716
1994#6,31914
1993#6,62213
1992#5,05119
1991#4,80820
1990#6,13114
1989#5,54515
1988#3,48327
1987#4,28319
1986#3,36026
1985#4,12619
1984#3,06928
1983#2,78331
1982#2,45139
1981#3,14727
1980#2,60336
1979#2,38739
1978#2,19142
1977#3,08325
1976#2,17439
1975#1,78052
1974#1,99942
1973#3,78716
1972#4,30013
1971#3,65217
1970#4,49212
1969#3,77414
1968#4,7799
1967#5,4577
1966
1965
1964
1963#6,5925
1962#5,8606
1961#5,8516
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954#5,7535
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948#4,6516
1947
1946#4,9605
1945#3,6767
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940#3,8636
1939#3,4297
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934#4,2865
1933#3,7536
1932#3,9016
1931
1930#3,6587
1929#4,5705
1928#4,1956
1927
1926#3,04610
1925#2,77812
1924#4,4346
1923
1922#3,6558
1921#5,0995
1920
1919
1918
1917#2,55212
1916#3,5527
1915#2,9009
1914#3,1886
1913#3,1875
1912
1911#1,9567
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,5926
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896#1,5835
1895
1894#1,2377
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882#9085
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Jerusha! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jerusha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,971 spots since 2024 (#8,946#10,917)
  • 667 spots since 2020 (#10,250#10,917)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866#10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #908 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1882
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,569
  • Highest: 1 in 21,569 girls born in 1882 were named Jerusha (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 24.8% of all girls named Jerusha (297) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#908 (1882)#908
1890s12#1,237 (1894)#1,410
1900s6#1,592 (1903)#1,592
1910s46#1,956 (1911)#2,889
1920s52#2,778 (1925)#3,968
1930s31#3,429 (1939)#3,805
1940s24#3,676 (1945)#4,288
1950s5#5,753 (1954)#5,753
1960s47#3,774 (1969)#5,386
1970s297#1,780 (1975)#2,985
1980s267#2,451 (1982)#3,485
1990s144#4,808 (1991)#6,478
2000s115#6,808 (2000)#9,800
2010s96#8,485 (2014)#10,556
2020s50#8,946 (2024)#10,955

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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