Unisex name · since 1970
Jericho
Jericho has 5,978 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,594 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #887 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,978
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
5,978 babies have been named Jericho since 1970, making it today's #887 unisex name.
Jericho has 5,978 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #887 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #1,594 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #887 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,978 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jericho ranks #1,594 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #887 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,978 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,594 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #887 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,978
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jericho's 5,978 recorded births place it above 96.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jericho compares
5,978 Top 12% higher than 88% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jericho's all-time total is 16x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jericho | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,978 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 269 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jericho's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jericho's full recorded timeline at 1998, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 269 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jericho popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 269
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Jericho popularity over time - girls
379 total births recorded since 1980 (Jericho as girls' name)
Jericho by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,067 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Jericho's strongest decade.
2,067 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jericho births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 140
1970s
140 births
- 1980s 277
1980s
277 births
- 1990s 695
1990s
695 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,285 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,067 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,514 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,067 births (35% of all-time use).
How Jericho compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jericho's total volume
Jericho by state
Where Jericho concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 764 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 548 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 232 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 141 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Washington | | 141 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 132 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 126 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 121 | 2.0% |
764 of 5,978 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Jericho appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jericho's data
- Jericho's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,067 total births) through the 2020s (1,514) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jerichos (764 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jericho: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jericho draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.