Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Jerusha

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jerusha
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1975

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1882Peak 19752024

Peak year

1975

Decline from peak

78.8%

2024

All-time

1,189

Jerusha has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1975, when 52 girls were named Jerusha.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 78.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,189 Americans have been named Jerusha and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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