Jerica — #12380 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jerica

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,908 babies named Jerica between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerica currently holds the #12380 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 341 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerica performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,649 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jerica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 220 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerica in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerica in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,908 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.