Jericho
Boy
Jericho is a boys' name, meaning “place of concealment”. In 2025 it ranked 883rd for boys in the US (269 babies).
What does Jericho mean?
“place of concealment”
A male given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jericho a girl's or a boy's name?
Jericho is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 269 boys in the US.
How popular is Jericho in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jericho in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jericho in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
How popular is Jericho in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 269about 1 in 6,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 269 boys in the US were named Jericho, making it the 883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 996th. It first appears in the records in 1970. 20 girls were also named Jericho in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Jericho of any year since it first appeared, in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Jericho in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1980, 51% of the babies named Jericho in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 7%, with more boys than girls since 1981.
Jericho in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269 | #883 |
| 2024 | 259 | #904 |
| 2023 | 263 | #884 |
| 2022 | 250 | #923 |
| 2021 | 259 | #890 |
| 2020 | 214 | #996 |
| 2019 | 226 | #949 |
| 2018 | 218 | #952 |
| 2017 | 199 | #1,016 |
| 2016 | 230 | #923 |
| 2015 | 204 | #998 |
| 2014 | 224 | #938 |
| 2013 | 221 | #925 |
| 2012 | 191 | #1,023 |
| 2011 | 186 | #1,025 |
| 2010 | 168 | #1,119 |
| 2009 | 173 | #1,074 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,095 |
| 2007 | 152 | #1,162 |
| 2006 | 128 | #1,294 |
| 2005 | 101 | #1,452 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,382 |
| 2003 | 107 | #1,304 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 125 | #1,121 |
| 2000 | 118 | #1,163 |
| 1999 | 66 | #1,621 |
| 1998 | 72 | #1,512 |
| 1997 | 81 | #1,363 |
| 1996 | 66 | #1,514 |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,302 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,318 |
| 1993 | 64 | #1,455 |
| 1992 | 79 | #1,270 |
| 1991 | 46 | #1,738 |
| 1990 | 62 | #1,415 |
| 1989 | 48 | #1,636 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,701 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Jericho
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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