Recorded 1970–2025 · United States
Jericho was most popular in 2025, when 289 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,738 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,738, with 289 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,357 people named Jericho.
Jericho first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 55 of the 56 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,357 American births named Jericho between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,254 are estimated to be alive today.
289 American babies were named Jericho in 2025, ranking #1,738 that year.
Jericho is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 278 births a year, against 210 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +32% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jericho is mostly a boy’s name — 6.0% of the 6,357 Americans given it were girls and 94.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1981 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,254 Americans named Jericho are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 6 and 24.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org