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Jericho

#886 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Holy, through Iericho

Jericho has been given to 6,357 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #886 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 269 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Jericho, 2025

1 in 12,300

Jericho over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jericho over time

In 2025, Jericho went to 7% girls and 93% boys.

19702025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jericho: meaning, origin, and history

Holy, through Iericho

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jericho means

Jericho belongs to the name family reached through Jericho → Iericho → Ierīchō → Ἰερῑχώ. Its meaning is “holy”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Middle English Iericho, from Old English Iericho, from Latin Ierīchō, from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō), recorded early as Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Jericho (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Jericho is used in English.

Jericho comes through Middle English Iericho, Old English Iericho, Latin Ierīchō, Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ, Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Iericho, Ierīchō and Ἰερῑχώ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Jericho is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkoʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,978 boys were recorded with the name Jericho between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 269 in 2025; its best national rank was #884 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #997 in 2020 to #886 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,003 in 2015 to #886 in 2025.

In the United States, 379 girls were recorded with the name Jericho between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 1980; its best national rank was #2,951 in 1980.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,533 in 2020 to #6,007 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,316 in 2015 to #6,007 in 2025.

How common is Jericho?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,300
269 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,350
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#886
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,544 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jericho sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,544 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jericho. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jerichos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jericho was born before 2013 — so the typical Jericho is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
79.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,978
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 34.6% of all recorded uses (2,067).

Is Jericho rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+19
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+111
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+117
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.32×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (269)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#884
2023

Spellings of Jericho

Jericho is not the most common spelling — Erich is, with 52.7% against Jericho's 27.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jericho is used

Across 2016–2025, Jericho was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 1,961 boys, against 1 in 7,841 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

151 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 1,961
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 3,125
  3. 3Washington1 in 4,167
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 4,348
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 4,545
  6. 6Colorado1 in 4,762
  7. 7Indiana1 in 4,762
  8. 8Missouri1 in 5,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Jericho around the world

Where Jericho ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2024
    #2,089
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2006–2006
    #596
    in 2006
  • France
    2004–2004
    #3,192
    in 2004
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,144
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1985–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Jericho

People whose public names include Jericho, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jericho by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#886
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 111
Best rank ever
#884
2023
Peak year
2025
269 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,978
Count in 2025
269

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,007
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,526
Best rank ever
#2,951
1980
Peak year
1980
30 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
379
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Jericho

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jericho

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jericho, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Jericho

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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