Jerica

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1988 · 341 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,914
since 1970

Jerica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jerica has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #591, 1988girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024#12,1617
2023#15,1945
2022#10,3839
2021#10,2929
2020#11,0908
2019#9,11211
2018#7,76214
2017#9,34111
2016#7,23016
2015#8,44713
2014#5,99321
2013#7,74815
2012#7,45616
2011#6,56419
2010#5,10827
2009#5,09728
2008#3,77942
2007#3,91840
2006#2,77863
2005#2,60765
2004#2,74259
2003#2,46566
2002#2,11380
2001#2,17175
2000#2,05580
1999#1,82887
1998#1,78987
1997#1,530105
1996#1,288134
1995#1,370120
1994#1,055172
1993#938201
1992#933208
1991#826248
1990#728287
1989#627337
1988#591341
1987#826211
1986#1,093136
1985#1,88259
1984#2,19245
1983#2,13546
1982#2,02451
1981#2,65734
1980#2,80032
1979#2,62134
1978#2,85928
1977#2,90927
1976#3,00224
1975#4,14115
1974#4,22714
1973#7,4356
1972#5,4809
1971#8,3245
1970#7,0706
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Jerica! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Jerica is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNHWashington: #681 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,151 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMNIllinois: #647 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,234 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMINew York: #1,049 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 10,171 girlsNYMassachusetts: #740 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,747 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedIAIndiana: #667 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,863 girlsINOhio: #497 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,170 girlsOHPennsylvania: #836 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,075 girlsPANew Jersey: #695 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,996 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,272 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 13,122 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedUTColorado: #522 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,462 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNEMissouri: #562 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,693 girlsMOKentucky: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,540 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNMKansas: #276 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,551 girlsKSArkansas: #313 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,804 girlsARTennessee: #450 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,355 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #555 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,540 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #406 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,504 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #363 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,115 girlsLAMississippi: #352 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,968 girlsMSAlabama: #296 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,873 girlsALGeorgia: #835 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,111 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedHITexas: #655 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 4,914 girlsTXFlorida: #621 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,655 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#276 · 1 in 1,551
  2. Alabama#296 · 1 in 1,873
  3. Arkansas#313 · 1 in 1,804
  4. Mississippi#352 · 1 in 1,968
  5. Louisiana#363 · 1 in 2,115

Best ever in a state: #173 in Hawaii, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#27691 in 1,551
Alabama#296121 in 1,873
Arkansas#31371 in 1,804
Mississippi#35271 in 1,968
Louisiana#363121 in 2,115
South Carolina#40681 in 2,504
Kentucky#43761 in 3,540
Tennessee#45091 in 3,355
Ohio#497171 in 4,170
Colorado#52261 in 3,462
North Carolina#55591 in 4,540
Missouri#56271 in 4,693
Florida#621171 in 4,655
Illinois#647151 in 5,234
Texas#655281 in 4,914
Indiana#66761 in 5,863
Washington#68161 in 5,151
New Jersey#69581 in 5,996
Massachusetts#74051 in 7,747
Georgia#83561 in 7,111
Pennsylvania#83681 in 9,075
New York#1,049121 in 10,171
California#1,272201 in 13,122
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jerica
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,047 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #13,208)
  • 2,118 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #13,208)
  • 4,761 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1987 (#1,093 → #826)
  • Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1994 (#938 → #1,055)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1988 at #591 (341 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1987–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,222
  • Highest: 1 in 5,222 girls born in 1988 were named Jerica (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 42.1% of all girls named Jerica (1,649) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s168#2,621 (1979)#4,807
1980s1,292#591 (1988)#1,683
1990s1,649#728 (1990)#1,229
2000s598#2,055 (2000)#2,973
2010s163#5,108 (2010)#7,476
2020s44#10,292 (2021)#12,055

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jerica in 1990

girls
#728
287 births · 1 in 6,615 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #728Jerica287
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 6,615 of them was named Jerica, which outranked 95.2% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerica
  1. #722Shanice289
  2. #726Reyna288
  3. #726Shanika288
  4. #728Jerica287
  5. #728Cassondra287
  6. #728Griselda287
  7. #731Athena285
  8. #731Iesha285
  9. #731Porsha285

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →