Jericho
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
Given to boys 94.0% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#402 · 1 in 2,294
- Arkansas#540 · 1 in 3,169
- Washington#636 · 1 in 4,643
- Colorado#656 · 1 in 5,008
- Tennessee#739 · 1 in 6,438
Best ever in a state: #180 in Hawaii, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #402 | 5 | 1 in 2,294 |
| Arkansas | #540 | 5 | 1 in 3,169 |
| Washington | #636 | 8 | 1 in 4,643 |
| Colorado | #656 | 6 | 1 in 5,008 |
| Tennessee | #739 | 6 | 1 in 6,438 |
| Arizona | #876 | 5 | 1 in 9,059 |
| California | #991 | 21 | 1 in 12,451 |
| Texas | #1,011 | 17 | 1 in 11,197 |
| North Carolina | #1,104 | 5 | 1 in 11,236 |
| Illinois | #1,381 | 5 | 1 in 15,451 |
| Florida | #1,460 | 6 | 1 in 17,363 |
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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
- 21 spots since 2024 (#904 → #883)
- 113 spots since 2020 (#996 → #883)
- 115 spots since 2015 (#998 → #883)
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 2021 (#996 → #890)
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2017 (#923 → #1,016)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2025 at #883 (269 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 6,350 boys born in 2025 were named Jericho (0.02%)
- 34.6% of all boys named Jericho (2,067) were born in this decade
- 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.
Jericho in 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 240,327 of them was named Jericho, which outranked 38.4% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,630Zyiah9
- #11,630Zymal9
- #11,630Zyona9
- #12,676Jericho8
- #12,676Aalijah8
- #12,676Aayliah8
- #12,676Abbee8
- #13,924Aairah7
- #13,924Aaleeyah7
- #13,924Aamyah7
Tied with 1,247 names at #12,676; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 13,654 of them was named Jericho, which outranked 91.9% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,157Geoffrey153
- #1,157Harvey153
- #1,157Kennedy153
- #1,162Jericho152
- #1,162Emory152
- #1,162Ephraim152
- #1,162Johnnie152
- #1,171Brennon151
- #1,171Casen151
- #1,171Harris151
Tied with 8 names at #1,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.