Jericca — girls' name
68 babies named Jericca in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
68 girls have been named Jericca since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 68
- total births
- 1988–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
68% of everyone ever named Jericca was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Jericca in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jericca
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Jericca between 1988 and 1999, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jericca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jericca performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jericca shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jericca in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jericca 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 68 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.
Jericca at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jericca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1988
- Peak year (1989)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
68 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 14 births in a single year.
Jericca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 46 births that decade — 68% of Jericca's all-time total
Jericca decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jericca's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Jericca by state
Where Jericca concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 7.4% |
5 of 68 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.