NameTides

Jericho

Jericho was the #883 boys' name in the US in 2025 (269 babies), and #1,049 in Canada.

Jericho as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jericho as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Jericho as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#883 (269)——#1,049 (24)
2024#904 (259)#2,089 (11)—#1,126 (21)
2023#884 (263)#3,524 (5)—#1,115 (20)
2022#923 (250)#4,790 (3)—#1,027 (22)
2021#890 (259)#3,451 (5)—#1,076 (21)
2020#996 (214)#2,228 (9)—#967 (23)
2019#949 (226)——#1,101 (19)
2018#952 (218)#3,412 (5)—#1,219 (16)
2017#1,016 (199)#3,040 (6)—#764 (32)
2016#923 (230)#3,079 (6)—#1,118 (19)
2015#998 (204)#3,004 (6)—#898 (25)
2014#938 (224)——#2,133 (7)
2013#925 (221)#4,685 (3)—#920 (24)
2012#1,023 (191)#3,987 (4)—#1,466 (12)
2011#1,025 (186)#3,300 (5)—#1,076 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #883.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.
  • In 2025, 7% of US babies named Jericho were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jericho is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 6,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jericho by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #452INOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #831CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #777FL
Jericho (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JerichoCanadaBoys#1,04924
JerichoEngland & WalesBoys—too few
JerichoIrelandBoys—too few
JerichoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JerichoUSGirls#5,91720
JerichoUSBoys#883269