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Jericho

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

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
Babies named Jericho, by year of birthboys
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Jericho
1970s140
1980s277
1990s695
2000s1,284
2010s2,064
2020s1,244

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.

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.