Is Jerico a boy or girl name?

Jerico is a boy’s name. Of the 897 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys.

Jerico

Recorded 1970–2024 · United States

Jerico was most popular in 1992, when 41 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,674 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 897 people named Jerico.

Jerico over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jerico’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jerico a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jerico is a boy’s name — 0.9% of the 897 Americans given it were girls and 99.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Jerico

Where Jerico is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 8.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org