Jeshurun
Boy · JESH-oo-run · Hebrew
Jeshurun is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “upright one”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Jeshurun mean?
Hebrew: biblical poetic name for Israel
“upright one”
A poetic name for Israel used in Deuteronomy and Isaiah.
- Say it
- JESH-oo-run
Is Jeshurun a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeshurun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeshurun in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 5 boys.
Jeshurun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
How popular is Jeshurun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Jeshurun, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Jeshurun in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeshurun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
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