Girls' name · since 2001
Jerikah
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Jerikah, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jerikah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Jerikah recorded 15 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2008.
- #49,785 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerikah ranks #49,785 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #49,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jerikah's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerikah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jerikah's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded.
Jerikah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2008
- Peak year (2001)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2008.
15 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 5 births in a single year.
Jerikah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Jerikah's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jerikah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
Jerikah decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jerikah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2001–2008 (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 Jerikah 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.
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