girls:
314 births since 1981
#5402 (5th percentile)
boys:
127 births since 1999
#4459 (3rd percentile)
overall:
441 births since 1981
#7298 (6th percentile)
The name Jerusalem is the #7,298 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 441 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 5.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,402 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 314 births since 1981. For boys, it ranks #4,459 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 127 births since 1999.
Jerusalem first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for girls and 1999 for boys). Birth data for Jerusalem is available in 32 out of the 43 years between 1981 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 18 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jerusalem has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 52.2% of babies named Jerusalem were girls.
For girls, Jerusalem reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #926) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jerusalem ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 63.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jerusalem reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #905) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jerusalem is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #905 (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jerusalem".
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Our model has identified 11 different pronunciations for the name Jerusalem. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.0% confident that Jerusalem is pronounced as jer-UE-suh-luhm, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jer-UE-suh-lehm, at 21.4% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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