first name
JERICHO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,489 people named Jericho, 41.3% reported their origin as White, 19% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 17.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jericho peaked in 2025, when 289 babies got the name.
At least 6,357 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jericho by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,830. The largest share of babies named Jericho, 50.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jericho is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jericho has been most common in New Mexico (3.7×), Colorado (2.8×), and Nevada (2.6×), and least common in New York (0.38×).
3,528 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jericho
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jericho, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jericho ranks #82,600 of 156,621, with 246 people. See Jericho as a last name
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