Jerusha
Jerusha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 968th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197552 births
- Best rank
- #968in 1882
- Since 1882
- 1,189people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,189 girls have been named Jerusha in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 52 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1970s alone account for 25%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jerusha | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 46 | |
| 1920s | 52 | |
| 1930s | 31 | |
| 1940s | 24 | |
| 1950s | 5 | |
| 1960s | 47 | |
| 1970s | 297 | |
| 1980s | 267 | |
| 1990s | 144 | |
| 2000s | 115 | |
| 2010s | 96 | |
| 2020s | 42 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Jerusha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Jerusha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charitypeak 1975
- Amiepeak 1976
- Holliepeak 1983
- Charapeak 1982
- Seemapeak 1981
- Aimeepeak 1977
- Salinapeak 1977
- Talithapeak 1982
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.