Girls' name · since 1983
Jericka
442 babies named Jericka in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 442
- total births
- 1983–2016
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
Jericka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 442 have been recorded since 1983.
Jericka has 442 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2016.
- 442 total births
- 1983–2016 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jericka's 442 recorded births place it above 82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Jericka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jericka's full recorded timeline at 2000, 31% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 69% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jericka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2016
- Peak year (1989)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Jericka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jericka's strongest decade.
213 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Jericka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
91 births
- 1990s
1990s
213 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s 51
2010s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 213 births (48% of all-time use).
Jericka by state
Where Jericka concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 2.5% |
11 of 442 births nationwide.
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- Jericka's decade-level peak was the 1990s (213 total births); usage has since declined to 51 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jerickas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1983–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jericka: Baby Name Since 1983 - 442 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jericka. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jericka 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 July 2026.