Jerusalen
Jerusalen was given to 7 girls in 2025, #12,473 among girls’ names; 103 Americans have been recorded with it since 1999 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jerusalen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Jerusalen?
#12,473 among girls’ names, 2025
Jerusalen rose from #15,319 in 2015 to #12,473 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.4 to 4.4 per million.
12 babies in 2022, the peak
Jerusalen peaked in 2022, when 12 girls were given it, #8,757 among girls’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 58% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,473 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,190 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,757 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,768 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,000 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,319 | 3.4 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,713 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,000 | 2.8 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,842 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,574 | 2.7 |
Every recorded year (16)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | #14,505 | 3.7 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,412 | 2.6 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,961 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,382 | 3.3 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,362 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,383 | 3.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jerusalen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jerusalen has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 16 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jerusalen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jerusalen, and how old are they?
An estimated 102 Americans named Jerusalen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 5 and 20. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jerusalen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.