Jerika — #15745 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jerika

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,457 babies named Jerika between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerika currently holds the #15745 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 106 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 639 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jerika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerika in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerika 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 1,457 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.