Boys' name · since 1998
Jeshurun
117 babies named Jeshurun in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,378 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,235 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
117 babies have been named Jeshurun since 1998, making it today's #11235 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeshurun has been recorded 117 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #11235 nationally and more common than 19% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #16,378 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,235 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 117 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeshurun ranks #16,378 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,235 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 117 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,378 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,235 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jeshurun's 117 recorded births place it above 63.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jeshurun compares
117 28th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jeshurun's all-time total is 68% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jeshurun | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 117 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jeshurun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeshurun's full recorded timeline at 2016, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeshurun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jeshurun by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Jeshurun's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jeshurun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (38% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jeshurun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jeshurun draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.