Jericho
Jericho is ranked 903rd among boys in 2024 (259 births). Its best rank was 887th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #903down 16 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2590.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023262 births
- Best rank
- #887in 2023
- Since 1970
- 6,063people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,704 boys have been named Jericho in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 262 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 359 girls have also been given it, 5.9% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Jericho was the 887th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Jericho
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yosefpeak 2024
- Yakovpeak 2024
- Gavrielpeak 2023
- Shimonpeak 2024
- Jawadpeak 2023
- Yasinpeak 2020
- Dovidpeak 2022
- Ameerpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.