Jericho
- #5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births
- #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
- Given to boys 94.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 269 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,978since 1970
Jericho over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 | #883 | 269 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #904 | 259 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #884 | 263 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #923 | 250 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | #890 | 259 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #996 | 214 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #949 | 226 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #952 | 218 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #1,016 | 199 |
| 2016 | — | #923 | 230 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #998 | 204 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #938 | 224 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #925 | 221 |
| 2012 | — | #1,023 | 191 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,025 | 186 |
| 2010 | — | #1,119 | 168 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,074 | 173 |
| 2008 | — | #1,095 | 169 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #1,162 | 152 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,294 | 128 |
| 2005 | — | #1,453 | 101 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,384 | 103 |
| 2003 | — | #1,305 | 107 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,244 | 109 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,123 | 125 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,165 | 118 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #1,624 | 66 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,515 | 72 |
| 1997 | — | #1,366 | 81 | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #1,517 | 66 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #1,307 | 81 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #1,322 | 78 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #1,460 | 64 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #1,274 | 79 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #1,744 | 46 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #1,420 | 62 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,641 | 48 |
| 1988 | — | #1,706 | 41 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #1,734 | 33 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,131 | 22 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,288 | 19 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,129 | 20 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
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| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Jericho! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jericho is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Dakota#257 · 1 in 769
- New Mexico#360 · 1 in 1,300
- Nevada#389 · 1 in 1,613
- Arkansas#444 · 1 in 1,798
- Indiana#452 · 1 in 2,111
Best ever in a state: #180 in Hawaii, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #257 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Arkansas | #444 | 7 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Colorado | #571 | 9 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Michigan | #715 | 10 | 1 in 4,019 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Florida | #777 | 19 | 1 in 5,028 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| California | #831 | 29 | 1 in 6,051 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Texas | #974 | 24 | 1 in 7,294 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Jericho
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 113 spots since 2020 (#996 → #883)
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 2021
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2017
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2025 at #883 (269 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,350
- Highest: 1 in 6,350 boys born in 2025 were named Jericho (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 34.6% of all boys named Jericho (2,067) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1981
- Mostly girls until 1980, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 140 | #1,903 (1979) | #2,862 |
| 1980s | 277 | #1,641 (1989) | #2,258 |
| 1990s | 695 | #1,274 (1992) | #1,455 |
| 2000s | 1,285 | #1,074 (2009) | #1,230 |
| 2010s | 2,067 | #923 (2016) | #987 |
| 2020s | 1,514 | #883 (2025) | #913 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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