Jerusalem

Transferred from the geographical name, Jerusalem is a sacred city in many religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is given to around a dozen babies of each sex per year in the US.

Jerusalem Demsas is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Pronounced juh-ROO-suh-lem.

As of October 2026, Jerusalem ranked #11356 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6179 in 2020.