Jerika
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 106 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,457since 1978
Jerika over time
Rank among girls' names. Jerika has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 |
| 2003 | #3,187 | 46 |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 |
| 1997 | #2,590 | 49 |
| 1996 | #2,558 | 49 |
| 1995 | #1,880 | 74 |
| 1994 | #2,102 | 65 |
| 1993 | #2,152 | 62 |
| 1992 | #1,965 | 70 |
| 1991 | #1,752 | 82 |
| 1990 | #1,512 | 102 |
| 1989 | #1,551 | 91 |
| 1988 | #1,345 | 106 |
| 1987 | #1,944 | 58 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jerika! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2022, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jerika is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#615 · 1 in 5,654
- Michigan#805 · 1 in 8,205
- Ohio#1,055 · 1 in 13,726
- Pennsylvania#1,088 · 1 in 13,982
- Illinois#1,172 · 1 in 12,284
Best ever in a state: #418 in Utah, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #615 | 6 | 1 in 5,654 |
| Michigan | #805 | 7 | 1 in 8,205 |
| Ohio | #1,055 | 5 | 1 in 13,726 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,088 | 5 | 1 in 13,982 |
| Illinois | #1,172 | 6 | 1 in 12,284 |
| Florida | #1,304 | 5 | 1 in 14,584 |
| California | #1,360 | 15 | 1 in 15,229 |
| Texas | #1,874 | 5 | 1 in 25,659 |
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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 Jerika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1988 at #1,345 (106 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,801 girls born in 1988 were named Jerika (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 43.9% of all girls named Jerika (639) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15 | #6,696 (1979) | #7,629 |
| 1980s | 345 | #1,345 (1988) | #4,588 |
| 1990s | 639 | #1,512 (1990) | #2,267 |
| 2000s | 306 | #3,187 (2003) | #4,609 |
| 2010s | 126 | #6,855 (2011) | #8,910 |
| 2020s | 26 | #9,616 (2023) | #13,403 |
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.
Jerika in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 16,801 of them was named Jerika, which outranked 90.3% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,334Sharee107
- #1,334Sherika107
- #1,334Tasia107
- #1,345Jerika106
- #1,345Adriane106
- #1,345Lizeth106
- #1,345Markita106
- #1,354Annalisa105
- #1,354Brielle105
- #1,354Daniell105
Tied with 8 names at #1,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.