Jerico — #6904 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerico

The Social Security Administration has registered 889 babies named Jerico between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerico currently holds the #6904 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerico performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 226 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jerico shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerico in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerico 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 889 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.